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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Coping With Change in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

In 2000, Chrysler''s then president, James Holden, traveled to India to study the market. Holden didn''t anticipate that the Indian automobile market would grow by over 500% over the next 10 years: India''s car sales shot up from 518,000 units in 2000 to 2.8 million in 2010, making it the world''s sixth largest car market.

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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

Harvard Business Review

“If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up this morning as a software and analytics company.” Entrants may target over-looked segments of the market with a product considered inferior by incumbent’s most-demanding customers and later move up-market as their product improves.

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Top Line Growth? There's an App for That

Harvard Business Review

Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies. In those days, incumbent companies were stuck in preweb ways of thinking.

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It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

A hybrid approach is exemplified by startup Frogtek, which develops software for local shopkeepers in emerging markets to more efficiently track their inventory, leading to better purchasing decisions and greater profits. In 2010 and 2011, almost 50% of the applicants to Echoing Green relied on hybrid models, versus 37% in 2006.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Given that companies are putting more than $14 billion a year into charitable causes, measuring results and ensuring real social impact should be important goals. To do this, Goldman used its competencies in understanding markets, convening needed expertise and business networks. Early results are encouraging.

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. To launch HP's big new businesses, the company's managers took rigorously logical steps. But they only looked at opportunities in what were already billion dollar markets.

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