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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. And the market for software talent was hot hot hot. ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. Getting Started.

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

Strategy Driven

. “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.” ” Roy L.