Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Of course, people should always be respectful—“Golden Rule” and all that. Innovation increasingly blurs technical and marketing distinctions between “ lead users ” and “early adopters.” Your lead users or early adopters may be technically brilliant. Google Glass may be a technical tour de force.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Management Disruptive Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. As in all interpersonal relationships, from friendships, to marriage, to company and client, trust and the promise of mutual benefits are the foundation for growth and development. Emotional Needs Not Yet a Business Priority.

Aaker 64

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 64

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

While much has already been written about this challenge in the developed world, there are also some important lessons to be learned from the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). They encourage viral marketing through early adopters. The first step to introducing something new is reducing the risk enough to attract early adopters.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The difference with analytics, of course, is that you don’t stop with the intuition — you test the hypothesis to learn whether your intuition is correct. Of course, as with hypotheses, it’s important to confirm that your intuitions about where to apply analytics are actually valid. But how about with big data?

Customer Loyalty 13

Customer Loyalty Loyalty Early Adopters Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

If your MVP is a worse product than your imagined final version, success validates your idea; failure, on the other hand, doesn''t necessarily invalidate it. If your MVP offers a better experience, then failure invalidates your business model; success doesn''t necessarily validate it. The Two Kinds of MVP.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

So Adobe invested in R&D and made some analytics-based acquisitions in order to develop a platform to make that possible. Those insights came from the research Adobe had done to develop the platform, as well as the data the platform was already generating from early adopters. Retailers were all ears.

Content 10

Content Marketing B2C Early Adopters 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

If your MVP is a worse product than your imagined final version, success validates your idea; failure, on the other hand, doesn’t necessarily invalidate it. If your MVP offers a better experience, then failure invalidates your business model; success doesn’t necessarily validate it. The Two Kinds of MVP.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

How do you identify, blend, develop, train and coach a mix of talents into wholes measurably greater than the sum of their parts? Of course, identifying Moneyball-like metrics and boosting individual performance remains vital. have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike.

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

But we believe that successful firms can treat cognitive technologies as an opportunity to evolve or grow from previous work. And they have well-honed approaches for developing the requisite new skills in employees. They both work with vendors, of course, but have a strong focus on open source tools for internal development.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). Netflix was thus able to develop its internationalization capabilities in locations where the challenges of “foreignness” were less acute.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). Netflix was thus able to develop its internationalization capabilities in locations where the challenges of “foreignness” were less acute.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2011

A few are entrepreneurial start-ups desperate for closer ties with their early adopter clientele. Charismatic presenters are nice and crisply articulated messages are wonderful, but one critical success factor stands out above all others: The best customer events put the best customers on stage.

Software 14

Software Critical Success Factor Early Adopters B2B 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

And, while this should, of course, be accompanied by constructive, privately delivered criticism , various studies and articles, including this recent HBR piece , have touted the benefits of positive reinforcement. But how do you create, maintain and support a successful real-time peer review program to make sure it delivers on its potential?

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review System Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

If you want to be the kind of nimble business that can make the most of successive waves of tech innovation, you need human beings who can adapt to change. The more people associate technology with fun and not just with expense reports and client presentations, the more they’ll be able to embrace successive waves of tech innovation.

Skills 8

Skills Organization Software Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010. In 2010, J.P

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on. A New Name and a Unique Brand Identity.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

DAVID: And the book in that aim is the latest culmination of that goal, Ready to Be a Thought Leader: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success. And then of course, aligning to trends, aligning to the big future that you’re trying to bring about, that you’re committed to. DENISE: (laughs). .”

Open-book 74

Open-book Influence Books Entrepreneur 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

He became an early adopter of social computing tools to communicate with employees, and in the process became a role model for adoption among his senior executive team, as well as the employee population. And, once it is built, they have a stake in its success." Communications: Develop a communications plan.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Company 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

This spread of risk, of course, also prevented a merchant from absconding with his ship’s goods and never reuniting with the other traders; he’d have too much to lose. Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology. In this manner, no single loss would be catastrophic.

Insurance 11

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But of course, every single thing almost never goes perfectly. Its success will depend on the ability to create a market for the idea. So Acumen finds entrepreneurs on site in the developing world, funds them, teaches them and pushes them to build really big organizations. It means you are on the edge at all times.

Marketing 14

Marketing Mass Marketing Early Adopters Venture Capitalist 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

IBM, for example, is partnering with startup Loyyal to develop blockchain infrastructure for loyalty and rewards programs. Early adopters could benefit considerably. Of course, the introduction of one or more blockchain platforms unifying multiple loyalty programs could pose a number of risks. The Benefits of Disruption.

Loyalty 12

Loyalty Customer Loyalty Travel Hotels 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

“You don’t want to send people who are tech-savvy on a course because that’s a waste of time,” he says. ” “It’s most important not that early adopters adopt, but that influencers adopt,” Mankins emphasizes. “Getting those folks on board early is critical.”

Technology 8

Technology CRM Training System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8