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

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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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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. Most industry observers take the position that companies get distracted if they try to bootstrap a product with a service. This remains a controversial point of view.

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Can Anyone Stop Amazon from Winning the Industrial Internet?

Harvard Business Review

Customer intimacy. Industrial giants have well-established brands, built strong customer relationships, and signed long-term service contracts. They’ve won the customer’s trust, which is why customers are willing to share data. The Challenges for Industrial Giants. Not, really. Both have a chance.