Leading Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2022
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. Customer Value Proposition: This is the most important.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2022
Engines of creation. For instance, according to standard investing metrics, to accrue a $1 billion valuation would require an expectation that the business would eventually secure pre-tax operating profits of around $200 million, which while certainly no walk in the park is equally not excessively ambitious.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Traditional operations research process optimization, for example, seldom embraces A/B testing or incorporates customer recommendation engines. In a platform business model, firms create value primarily by connecting users and third parties, and they capture value by charging fees for access to the platform.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2016
Their developers focus on meeting operational and environmental requirements, caring little about the physical appearance or user experience of a dashboard- or engine-compartment-mounted device that monitors vehicle data. Fleet logistics companies, for example, monitor the condition and location of their vehicles.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Problem is: their professional setup costs $30,000 to assemble and a remote operator on a keyboard to run. Seeing a potential revenue stream to fund more research robot development, the team set up a company, BeatBots , to make a very pared-down version with the same look and feel available to the consumer market. The list goes on.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 25, 2011
What is missing is growth capital for the small companies that should be the economic engines of their communities. Successful companies between $5 million and $50 million in revenues can't get the capital they need to expand their operations and hire more people in city neighborhoods where the best social program is a job.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
To best leverage worldwide creative talent, Reliance MediaWorks operates a global network of creative centers located in Burbank, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, and across India. Suzlon's head of technology is John O'Halloran, a former Cummins Engine executive who now leads Suzlon's 500-strong global R&D team out of Hamburg.
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