Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

They recognize that as UX eclipses traditional brand marketing, they need to be more hands-on with their products. The gap is growing between traditional sales-and-marketing-driven behemoths with their "customer-centric" approach and the new breed of organizations like Square and Zipcar, who have a "UX-centric" culture.

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Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

It’s a framework for entrepreneurs, building on “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. They became a tight group as they went down to the factory floor and built products together and looked at market research together. Leadership roles and responsibilities. And you will have a production product in 11 or 12 months.”.

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Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2014

For companies seeking to innovate, adapt to change, and maintain an edge in fast-moving, competitive markets, a questioning culture can help ensure that creativity and adaptive thinking flows throughout the organization. At the same time, leadership should be willing to answer tough questions — from all levels and departments.

Company 10

Company Ries Christensen Innovation 10

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 6, 2011

Leadership. by John • June 6, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Share it: Tweet.

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Ries Brand Hammer Marketing Strategy 122

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

What actually concerns me — and I hope you as well — is that in his canon of leadership books there are no women's voices, at least not in the top 11 that he relies on and that inspire him to greatness. Perhaps this explains why so few of our "Lists on Leadership" include the voices of women. So does leadership.

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Books Christensen Ries Disruptive Innovation 12

Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

What follows are some of the thoughts that resonated with me: Eric Ries: “The mistake isn’t releasing something bad. A startup has to make something it can deliver to a large market, and ideas of that type are so valuable that all the obvious ones are taken. The mistake is to launch it and get PR people involved.

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Entrepreneur Altman Venture Capitalist Ries 166

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

This was the advice I got from a marketing guru when I asked for his help with titling my second book. This is what that marketing guru was trying to tell me. But the opposite can be true, too: for instance, Sarah Milstein and Eric Ries designed the 2013 Lean Startup Conference with the intention of inclusion.

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Ries Conference Diversity Power 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

” Lean startup, popularized by writers and entrepreneurs like Eric Ries and Steve Blank, can deliver big benefits inside big companies. Marketing folks feel that could damage the brand, and the general counsel’s office frets about legal risks. Show customers barely-working products with rough edges?

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Likewise, no matter how slick your company’s online idea market, it won’t yield many high-value ideas if your associates haven’t been taught to think like innovators. differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons.

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