Lately, his Lean LaunchPad course at Stanford has been the model for an intriguing pilot programme called Innovation Corps (or I-Corps for short) which seeks to turn the traditional Silicon Valley start-up model on its head, and thereby reduce the woeful failure rate of new ventures.

ECONOMIST: Innovation

Pilot projects on the Edmonton model have already been launched by school boards in Colorado Springs, Oakland and New York City.

ECONOMIST: It's not just the economy that is booming; schools are too

She called on Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to pilot the Social Impact Bond model as a new approach to prison rehabilitation and reducing reoffending.

BBC: Lib Dems: Prisons debate

In May, Wal-Mart Stores chose to enter into a solar pilot project through a PPA model with SunEdison at four of its stores in California and four in Hawaii.

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In May, Wal-Mart Stores (nyse: WMT - news - people ) chose to enter into a solar pilot project through a PPA model with SunEdison at four of its stores in California and four in Hawaii.

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Be sure your pilot has training in that specific model helicopter before you board.

FORBES: 10 Essential Checks Before You Step Into A Helicopter

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in July announced a pilot program to develop a new housing model for the city's growing small-household population.

CNN: Tiny homes hit the big city

The pilot program will help test the efficacy of the Groupon model with large retailers, for whom multistore environments and easy integration with existing point-of-sale systems are big issues.

FORBES: Will Groupon Make Consumers More Fickle?

As part of the cross-marketing campaign, each Alpina Startimer Pilot watch will be packaged alongside a Cessna Citation Mustang scale model in PrivatAir livery.

FORBES: Alpina Takes to the Air with New Pilot Watches

The model was commissioned by the United States Air Force as a memorial to Bill Dunn, a US fighter pilot.

BBC: 'Cornish Spitfire' heads for US