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Why Some Digital Companies Should Delay Profitability for as Long as They Can

Harvard Business Review

In the world of technology: the more of something you make, the more valuable it can become. This has led to high levels of AWS specific investment from innovators like CloudHealth Technologies, Qubole, Mapbox, and the like. That ecosystem investment reinforces the value proposition and drives more developer adoption.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

Its new management team took over an organization that was bureaucratic, overstaffed, and bleeding cash. The team decided to adopt a simple-rules approach to the work ahead. Accordingly, the management team identified capital budgeting as a critical bottleneck keeping the company from achieving its objectives.

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How to Choose the Ideas Your Company Should Invest In

Harvard Business Review

Can we get to the market without any technological miracles? After exploration, there are lots of ways to plan, but at the very least a good plan details the target customer, crucial stakeholders, the essence of the idea, key economics, the commercialization path, proposed operations, the team, financial requirements, and the action plan.

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