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Why Startups Fail: Six Issues to Avoid

Leading Blog

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Marketing: How much to spend on marketing. . Marketing: How much to spend on marketing.

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Engines of creation. One could certainly be forgiven for not recognizing such a picture, especially if you’re a regular reader of the technology press, which features a daily exposition of the vast sums being raised by startups around the world. This gummed-up process of innovation is not confined to big-company transformation.

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The Internet of Things Needs Design, Not Just Technology

Harvard Business Review

” will be difficult for many companies to achieve — not for lack of technological expertise but because they’ll fail to recognize the value of design in connected product development. applications pushed technology to address B2B market requirements. This evolution to “Internet of Things (IoT) 2.0”

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business Review

Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Its cars didn’t match up well with those of top luxury brands like Mercedes, BMW, and Audi, yet the company lacked the capacity to compete with mass-market leaders like Toyota and GM.

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Hybrid Business Models Look Ugly, but They Work

Harvard Business Review

In a recent article , we defined hybrids as combinations of competing elements or technical generations; for example, the Toyota Prius combines elements of internal combustion engines and electric cars. Rather than cracking down on the hackers, it hired the hackers, who then developed a second game for Valve.

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Seeing Robots Everywhere

Harvard Business Review

At RoboBusiness this week, a conference devoted to the business and technology of robots, the revelation for me was not just how far robotic capabilities have come but also the range of problems robots are already helping to solve. Take the robot developed by a team at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute to assist in autism research.

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Instead of Optimizing Processes, Reimagine Them as Platforms

Harvard Business Review

As Feng Zhu and Nathan Furr observe in their article “ Products to Platforms: Making the Leap “: “In a product business model, firms create value by developing differentiated products for specific customer needs, and they capture value by charging money for those items.

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