Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz has shown the need to drive ideas to strategies from the highest levels of the company. At Autodesk (where she was CEO for 14 years) she delivered annual sales growth of 13% and increased the stock value more than eight times. This is the primary responsibility of product managers.

Strategy 100

Strategy Stage-Gate Productivity Products 100

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Ganguly, CEO of DimDim, suggested that we organized “virtual book readings” over their platform. Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. Also, take the story of Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In some cases, companies’ moats have enabled them to survive multiple technology disruptions and industry shifts over time, making their founders some of richest people in the world: think Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega, and Larry Ellison. perform better than CEOs whose softer skills such as team building or listening dominate.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kaplan Competitive Advantage Intangible Assets 8