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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Getting Started.

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The Big Picture of Business: Business Strategy – Quotes on Business

Strategy Driven

Business development. “No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or ‘get rich’ in business by being a conformist.” ” Robert P. “The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.”

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

This year, there were countless eco-efficiency stories about companies saving millions of dollars and developing new tools to make buildings, fleets ( Staples and UPS, for example ), and manufacturing much leaner. Five Questions For 2013. on to 2013. Company Stories. This is the focus of my next project.).