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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. This way, they can respond very quickly to new or changing customer needs, incrementally. The Future of Operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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How to Fund Indian Start-Ups

Harvard Business Review

However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. More recently, there is an over active incubator network that has taken hold. The Indian government is offering money for people to set up incubators, which has led to a lot of clueless people setting up incubators.

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Start-ups: Before You Launch Your Product, Start With a Service

Harvard Business Review

Seed investors are mostly operating as growth investors, expecting that the entrepreneur will somehow manage to bridge the gap and bring a concept to realization. In our incubation methodology at 1M/1M , we actively encourage entrepreneurs to engage in services businesses. The bar to raise seed funding is getting higher and higher.