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Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

HR Digest

We say this with confidence, based on our interviews with HR Executives from companies such as IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Southwest Airlines, SAP, and Tesla, all of which act on their commitment to developing the people side of their businesses. Stefan Ries, Member of the Executive Board, SAP SE, Chief Human Resources Officer.

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White Gold: A Story of Persistence

RapidStart Leadership

Often the things that separate the successes from the failures are simply the will to persist and the commitment to do the hard work every day. Eric Ries Click To Tweet. Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success. Prince Click To Tweet. We have to be willing to roll up our sleeves and do the work.

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Digital Pioneers on Paper

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to the digital revolution, big ideas — those that change industry, or topple governments — can spread easily and rapidly without ever being committed to paper. Yet several of them — Seth Godin, Eric Ries, and Gary Vaynerchuk — have recently published traditional, paper books.

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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. The language has been widely adopted, and that includes some folks who haven''t yet had the chance to read Ries'' work or digest the ideas behind it. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.

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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business Review

Multi-stage financing is usually seen as benefiting the investors: It allows them to commit only a fraction of the money upfront, preserving the option to abandon the investment if the idea does not pan out, but allowing them to reinvest if things continue to go well.

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The New Psychology of Business Models

Ask Atma

for business models draws on the work of several very bright entrepreneurs and thinkers, including: Alex Osterwalder, Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and Ash Maurya. In this article, my description of management 3.0 I include links to their work at the end of this piece. I have also taken ideas from the efforts of Tor Grønsund and Rob Fitzpatrick.

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Putting an End to Conferences Dominated by White Men

Harvard Business Review

Since 2012, I’ve co-hosted The Lean Startup Conference with Eric Ries. As a leader, commit yourself to improving your selection process. The top leaders of your event, regardless of their own identities, need to share a commitment to changing your systems. Take chances.