Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Co-founders also bring diversity of talent and high dedication, and mitigate the loneliness and stress of life at a young company. Crystal Pepsi; MySpace 2003-2007). Companies that do not appear to have strong core philosophies, or that abandon them, tend to wander — Apple under Sculley and H-P post-Platt, for examples.

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

In 2003 van Stolk had the idea to create a “Turkey & Gravy”-flavored soda to be released around Thanksgiving. For example, if you need a new slogan for a product, write down every feature and benefit you can think of, the types of people who need the product, the problems it solves, and so on. Make a list (and check it twice).

Creativity 50

Creativity Bottom-up Newsletter Open-book 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

The Map shows a very different picture in 2003, with the addition of two pioneers (iPod and iTunes), and the Macintosh now lifted to high migrator status with Apple’s launch in 1998 of the iMac—the first colorful, friendly desktop computer that made it easy to connect to the internet.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Blue Ocean Strategy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. Lead by Example. The most important training behavior a leader can demonstrate, he asserts, is leading by example. Lead by example and watch your team elevate you with their own accomplishments.”

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

Edwards Deming Institute, who had already been to the library in 2003 suggested not to read every page carefully at the reading room, but try to identify the important pages and make as many copies as possible to read everything carefully once at home, that way I would be able get the most out of the library in a short period of time.

Deming 28

Deming Library Tips Telecommunications 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Founded in 2003 with $40 million in venture capital funding, Splunk was among the first companies to target the “big data” space. For a field sales position, for example, Splunk specified skills that managers could look for and discuss in the applicant’s work history during interviews—e.g.,

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Founded in 2003 with $40 million in venture capital funding, Splunk was among the first companies to target the “big data” space. For a field sales position, for example, Splunk specified skills that managers could look for and discuss in the applicant’s work history during interviews—e.g.,

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have seen examples of great health care all over the world, but too often the inspiring individuals delivering this care have been impeded, rather than helped, by the system in which they are working. But no country is delivering these transformational changes. This consistency, twinned with early successes, has made wider change possible.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ultimately dubbed the Technology Incubation Scheme (in Singapore, a scheme is a good thing), the program helped bring a flood of diverse investors into the country by offering to put up 85% of the capital in a start-up when investors put in 15%. One year later, we partnered with the government to prototype a new program under the NFIE.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

To find out which school of thought is more accurate, we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013. There is a parallel development on the demand (customer) side.

Brand 8

Brand Brand Valuation Power Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Since Henry Chesbrough coined the term open innovation in 2003, the most widely used form of open innovation has been innovation contests. For example, one of Quirky’s first products was the PivotPower electric power strip. Quirky produced a lot of good new products, but few home runs.

Case Study 8

Case Study Innovation Core Competence Business Model 8