Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

They're what Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup , calls "vanity metrics.". That's what Ries calls an "engine of growth.". These metrics are valuable because they measure success at your core business. Seek out what Ries refers to as "actionable metrics." Vanity metrics look good but fail the "So what?"

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There's no doubt technology entrepreneurship is becoming its own kind of celebrity. Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. Or maybe he's a self-proclaimed "business model and monetization expert" fresh off the MBA assembly line.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There's no doubt technology entrepreneurship is becoming its own kind of celebrity. Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. Or maybe he's a self-proclaimed "business model and monetization expert" fresh off the MBA assembly line.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

For example, GE incubated an energy storage company (“ Durathon ”), which has gone from the lab to a $100 million business in five years. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives. Says Comstock, “You have to believe that energy storage has a big future.”

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