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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

Finance teams, which are not known for their flexibility to begin with, often have trouble changing their traditional planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to accommodate radically new IoT business models. My favorite example of this is iRobot , the maker of the innovative Roomba vacuum. Operations.