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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments. Designers will become even more valued members of product development and planning teams in every field.

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Groupon Doomed by Too Much of a Good Thing

Harvard Business Review

Such a strategy limits an early venture's funding in order to force the business to develop a profitable business model and then invests heavily in growth once such a model is identified — Christensen terms such investments "good money" for incubating growth businesses and extols the strategy for three reasons.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments. Designers will become even more valued members of product development and planning teams in every field.

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When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

Harvard Business Review

Many of them started off selling merchandise from their apartments or homes, and some evolved to become power sellers. Today there are hundreds of thousands of people around the world making their living selling merchandise on eBay. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have fueled a global bonanza in app development. Most stagnate.

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What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Jessica Sklar, then the band’s intern and now Machine Shop’s Chief Strategy Officer, evolved the online discussions into in-person meet-ups and events at concerts, developing what came to be known as the “Linkin Park Underground.” of course). Beyond Music. and Harajuku Lovers.