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Hybrid Business Models Look Ugly, but They Work

Harvard Business Review

The advantage of hybrids is that they are a half-step that can help their developers manage long and difficult transitions, such as the one between generations of technology or the transition between careers. At the core of successful leaps, we have observed a new type of hybrid: the hybrid product/platform business models.

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To Spur Growth, Target Profitable "Prosumers"

Harvard Business Review

In my teacher's mind, it was an investment in a future career. But my parents gave in, and purchased a beautiful viola that helped me sit 1st and 2nd chair in high school and college respectively, but doesn't help in my consulting career. They also are finicky about marketing ("how you market it").sometimes

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