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Sell Your Product Before It Exists

Harvard Business Review

If you haven’t seen the promos yet, Coin is a new device that aggregates all of your information from credit, debit, and even loyalty cards and can be swiped just like a regular credit card. In addition to the benefits of an MVP strategy, Coin’s strategy allowed them to mitigate our internal bias against innovative new ideas.

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What Data-Obsessed Marketers Don’t Understand

Harvard Business Review

IBM is a well-known example of an organization that harnesses inspiration with innovation jams that crowdsource the best ideas from the wisdom of crowds. Finally, companies such as outdoor retailer REI combine social listening with real-time engagement to build human-scale dialogues on the path to loyalty and advocacy.