Women on Business

MARCH 30, 2011

The problem with fearing failure is that you ultimately avoid risk, don’t bet on yourself or your business, and stunt your richest experiences. Apparently those who have never faced a failure in a product, division or business don’t have the experience that is valued in business. But, no one WANTS to fail!

Venture Capitalist 236

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Career 236

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

The next phase will be to use data for new products and other innovations. Companies that fail to adapt do so at their own competitive and market risk. About half of the executives I surveyed predict major disruption on the horizon, as big data continues to change how businesses operate and compete.

Company 11

Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 11

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chain management has immense potential to enhance business operations, improve productivity, and increase a business’s agility to changing market trends and customer demand. Various entities work together to convert an idea into a product and ensure it reaches the intended customers acting as a loop in the chain.

Supply Chain 106

Supply Chain Agility Management Operations 106

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. First, there are the discrete, tangible products that emerge directly from the debrief process. You have a sales cycle, a promotion cycle, a production cycle and so on. The Forces of global change can render professional skill sets obsolete almost overnight. But how is this done?

Short-term 64

Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 64

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

It lies behind successful product companies like Apple, Dropbox, and Kickstarter, but it can also lead entrepreneurs predictably to failure. This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2014

I maintain that embracing what I call the "two essential risks" is necessary to achieve your ultimate success in business. Sure, you hope to avoid liability, investment, and market risks as you pursue your entrepreneurial dream, so you take steps to mitigate exposure.

Succession 242

Succession Direct Marketing Entrepreneur Market Risk 242

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Then develop a risk profile for your current strategy using the same framework you’re using to assess your new strategic options. If you have assessed the risk of your strategic options in terms of brand risk, operational risk, market risk, and so on, do the same for the current strategy.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Her lab had discovered new ways to convert carbon emissions into useful products, and they believed the technology had enormous commercial potential. “Our first product will be about the size of a dishwasher, then we’ll move up to a refrigerator, a shipping container, and finally a plant-size machine,” Etosha told me.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Capturing data-related opportunities to improve revenues, boost productivity, and create entirely new businesses puts new demands on companies — requiring not only new talent and investments in information infrastructure, but also significant changes in mind-sets and frontline training.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

This nonprofit rulebook discriminates against charities in at least five different areas: compensation, marketing, risk taking, time horizons, and capital itself. So the voices of our great causes are all but silenced, and consumer products get lopsided access to our attention, 24/7. This we do in the name of frugality.

Learning Curve 9

Learning Curve Advertising GDP Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

CROs are deeply familiar with the troves of risk data, such as payment habits and internal credit scores, that their companies keep. With a little creativity, CMOs can work with them to monetize that data to create new products and, in some cases, whole new markets. Marketing Risk management Collaboration'

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

It will distract the entrepreneur from doing the more important work of getting the venture onto a productive path. Investors don’t like risk any better than you do. If you’re raising money before traction is in hand, so-called “market risk” is higher than if demand has already been proven.

Venture Funding 13

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Incubator Advice 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They devote far more time to internal execution and competitive risks than to external risks that can change the playing field. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9