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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve?

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You Found Your Product-Market Fit. Now What?

Harvard Business Review

You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. After 3-6 months, they work their way down the learning curve, close their first deal and are off to the races. 3) Developer Driven Sales.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

One of the biggest obstacles is that traditional functional departments often can’t meet the needs of IoT business models and have to evolve. HR has the job of developing the human capabilities needed to capture the IoT opportunity. telemetry, communications and connectivity protocols, electrical hardware engineering).