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Why You Should Care About The Revenue Forecast

The Idolbuster

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. I cringed when I heard the story.

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Five Questions Companies Should Ask Before Making an Innovation-Driven Acquisition

Harvard Business Review

The technology world has some harrowing examples that no innovation-based industry should ever forget. That these were unwise deals may seem obvious today, but the trick is to see that at the time of purchase and not succumb to blind enthusiasm for new waves of technology. If it's the latter, you might want to reconsider.