Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The strongest startups build balanced, diverse teams with multiple archetypes. No startup finds traction without at least one Evangelist, the person who frames your purpose and story – whether that’s pitching for funding, attracting talent or gathering a critical mass of early adopters and followers.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Succession Self-aware Storytelling 65

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

The strongest startups build balanced, diverse teams with multiple archetypes. No startup finds traction without at least one Evangelist, the person who frames your purpose and story – whether that’s pitching for funding, attracting talent or gathering a critical mass of early adopters and followers.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The strongest startups build balanced, diverse teams with multiple archetypes. No startup finds traction without at least one Evangelist, the person who frames your purpose and story – whether that’s pitching for funding, attracting talent or gathering a critical mass of early adopters and followers.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. All leaders should commit to these actions.

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Innovation increasingly blurs technical and marketing distinctions between “ lead users ” and “early adopters.” In other words, managing the behaviors—and misbehaviors—of your innovation’s early adopters/lead user community may determine success far more effectively than managing its initial features and flaws.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Management Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

Begin by reaching out to diverse members of your ecosystem, include them in a co-creation process from the outset, and prioritize the growth of that ecosystem as you cultivate the growth of the initiative itself – a process which one of us detailed in a previous article.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Brainstorming Participative 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’ The systemic nature of marketing strategy depersonalizes their audience by using language that groups customers into segments and tar¬gets.

Aaker 63

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 63

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

What’s more, the on-demand economy is beginning to attract a diverse group of consumers. It’s also reaching a diverse geographic spread in the U.S., “Explorers” are the most innovative and optimistic about technology and are early adopters; they make up 41% of on-demand consumers.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

For example: As an early adopter of advanced analytics, the securities industry is now defined by automated, algorithm-centric trading and artificial intelligence-based advisors that outperform professional money managers.

Technology 8

Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets. As with the markets it had entered earlier, the company launched a service targeted at early adopters, and then iterated quickly to add features to attract a wider audience.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets. As with the markets it had entered earlier, the company launched a service targeted at early adopters, and then iterated quickly to add features to attract a wider audience.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Here are a few examples from my work with executives: A Silicon Valley start-up CEO attended his company’s diversity/inclusivity training workshop for the entire day. Do employees take enterprise diversity/inclusion initiatives more seriously? Will innovators literally go the extra thousand miles for their early adopters?

Examples 13

Examples Charisma Self-aware Mission Statement 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

By early 2014, 130 people from diverse scientific and managerial backgrounds were devoting themselves to realizing the team’s mission: To be a catalyst for evidence-based decision making across AIG. Work with early adopters to demonstrate significant wins which are visible to the whole organization.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Insurance Short-term Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

By early 2014, 130 people from diverse scientific and managerial backgrounds were devoting themselves to realizing the team’s mission: To be a catalyst for evidence-based decision making across AIG. Work with early adopters to demonstrate significant wins which are visible to the whole organization.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Insurance Short-term Analysis 8