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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, data reveal that rates of entrepreneurship have been in perpetual decline across the United States between 1978 and 2011. It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that data from Rice University shows that market power today is more concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of incumbents than ever before.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. Then delving into questions like, how should your business model evolve in light of a changing environment? They look at 9 Building Blocks that form the business canvas. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Why Dominating Your Category Can Be a Flawed Strategy

Harvard Business Review

It may, in fact, be a dangerous strategy in today’s business environment. General Mills actually grew from #2 to #1 in market share the last few years. But you likely need to trade out your mass-marketing business model for a niche, premium, and specialty model and scale strategies for a superconsumer strategy.