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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business Review

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

From a departmental perspective, under 20% of accounting and IT staffers want to be challenged, while 43% of the engineering department does. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy. Another 30% want a salesperson who challenges their thoughts and perceptions and then prescribes a solution that they may not have known about.

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