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How Falling In Love With My Product Killed My Business

Software By Rob

I loved this product. Rogue Wave Software loved their product too. If you ever coded in C++ during the 90s, there’s a good chance you used their core product: Tools.h++. Their products were second-to-none. In short, people loved their product and Rogue Wave prospered accordingly. The Curse of Love.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

My pleasure to be talking to you in Colorado where all my kids are. That makes me sound like a genius today, But the point was 25 years ago that when you went to work for Hewlett, what's 25 years ago is 97, when you went to work for Hewlett Packard in 1997, you expected to be there for the next 40 years. John Jantsch (09:59): Products?