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Avoid the Deadly Temptations that Derail Innovators

Harvard Business Review

Consider these cases (with names disguised to protect confidentiality): Bill''s venture capital-backed business concept was to operate a new revenue-producing service for large U.S. In its first year, the venture landed two almost-committed pilot sites and a prospect pipeline for a multi-billion-dollar market. Control your identity.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” have grown more concentrated in the past 20 years, meaning that the biggest firms in the industry are capturing a greater share of the market than they used to. The result is that large firms are gaining market share.