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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience. I think he totally nails it. What do you think?

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Moving At The Speed Of ‘What’s Next’: Subscription Business Models Spur Continuous Innovation

YoungUpstarts

percent in 2017 to total $10 billion. However, the rhythm of these updates and the frequency at which they are available to users cannot be compared with the ongoing agility and innovation offered by providers of subscription services. Not to mention they need to align themselves with the open source communities defining them.

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What Does the Future Hold for Conversion Optimization?

ConversionXL

Image Source. With agile development cycles and uncertain monetization models, they live and die by data and experimentation. The key to 2017 conversion is evolving your traffic dynamics and that starts with behavioral marketing. There’s no shortage of people proclaiming 2017 as the year of the chatbot.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Steve Blank

This was our first step in fostering a more agile, responsive and resilient, approach to national security in the 21st century. In 2017, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave a prescient warning that “In just a few years, if we do not change the trajectory, we will lose our qualitative and quantitative competitive advantage.”