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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank

As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency. These metrics make it difficult for a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation. Its acquisition of Android may have been the biggest bargain in corporate history.

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? great web customer acquisition tutorials. Customer Development. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. Codeacademy. Steve Blank. SW Courses.