Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

On your road to success (whether it be to increase profits, become an industry leader, capture more market share, etc.), About the Author Rich Christiansen describes himself as ‘a perfectly good business executive, turned entrepreneur.’ He was General Manager at both Mitsubishi Electric and About.com.

Project 50

Project Wilde Entrepreneur Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In addition, given their quest for organization leanness, digital startups seek investors who have the expertise to help outsource their noncore business functions, such as production, distribution, marketing, and payroll processing. By the time, those opportunities reach public markets, if at all, they are fully priced.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

It lies behind successful product companies like Apple, Dropbox, and Kickstarter, but it can also lead entrepreneurs predictably to failure. This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter.

Entrepreneur 9

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Media momentum is much like a wild fire—the power of one well-placed match can ignite dramatic pyrotechnics! Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas. Their advice can be invaluable.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. It’s easy to let yourself off the hook as a busy entrepreneur. ” He is an entrepreneur, consultant, and public speaker. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. Keep moving! My third principle is to journal every day.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

What they—and I, for that matter—didn’t realize then is that I was well on my way along my career path of choice: being an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurs who rise the fastest tend to be the ones who know to work their connections rather than just pitching wildly.

Travel 8

Travel Entrepreneur Licensing Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Every few years the same piece of technology gets re-announced, and it's as important as ever. Its appearance marks a markets' phase transition from early adopters to mega-profits. Undo matters, in other words, because its appearance almost always signals that a market has gone from fringe to mainstream, with profits set to follow.

Early Adopters 14

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

The Boston Innovation District’s meteoric real estate prices are pushing the very entrepreneurs who made the district sexy towards neighboring districts where rents have not tripled since 2010. So is inequality, when it is directly created by entrepreneurs, good or bad?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. Pepsi actually lost market share and fell to number three in the cola wars for the first time in modern history. Marketing Strategy' Yet that’s exactly the problem.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0 Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

Winning Friends and Influencing People How Advanced Socialbots Have Infiltrated Twitter MIT Technology Review Ah yes, those pesky Twitter bots. This includes having an in-house recruiting firm to locate the best engineering talent for the start-ups it funds, a huge boon in a wildly competitive job market.

Engineering 8

Engineering Welch Media Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Because disruptive innovations are in search of a yet-to-be-defined market, we can't know the opportunity at the outset. Time to disrupt myself.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Reviews: “This wild, wicked show is not just a screamfest; it’s a good piece of theater!” - The New York Times “Funny, furious and wholly enthralling!” - Wall Street Journal “Teller has filled Play Dead with elaborate illusions and effects including a slam-bang finale!”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hostility to the internet appeared the moment the Web became a commercial technology , threatening from the outset to upend traditional businesses and maybe even our deeply-embedded beliefs about family, society, and government. Of course, nobody thinks technology companies should be left unregulated. It isn’t.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Technology Proposal Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Deep in the golden corn fields of Iowa, technology is transforming life on the farm. But FarmLogs is not your typical technology start-up, and its founders, Jesse Vollmar and Brad Koch, are not your typical Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurs. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. households lack a choice of broadband provider.

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