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SleepNet Corporation
SleepNet Corporation is a small company that develops medical technology for treating sleep apnea. The company has created a unique, innovation-focused, risk-honoring environment that has helped them take a leading position in their specialized industry, competing with much larger firms. Their mission statement reads: Innovating to Help People and their tag line is "Where Sleep Technology Is Headed" since they are committed to staying on the forefront of innovation and technology.
In their application, SleepNet lists the critical skills for innovation as being "empathy and caring." They call the perfect innovation incubator the ability to empathize with customers, suppliers and teammates and to genuinely care about their passions, fears, concerns and needs. SleepNet's environment of innovation has allowed them to dominate a profitable market niche in spite of competition from much larger organizations.
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