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Lean Innovation Management – Making Corporate Innovation Work

Steve Blank

The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel. They suggest that a company allocate its innovations across three categories called “Horizons.”.

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

Let’s look at XX completely different types of business, and pick just six metrics (two each for A, B and O) that would be the very best ones to measure their digital success. The goal is for each company’s Google Data Studio to not look like a CDP (customized data puke), but to be a focused strategic dashboard with an emphasis on IABI.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. It’s time to dig into the process of actually writing a business plan. In this step-by-step guide, I’ll take you through every stage of writing a business plan that will actually help you achieve your goals.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

The questions that arise most with respect to any category of IP at the earliest stages include: How will this affect our chances of getting funded on favorable terms ? Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players.

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The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

Ecosystem-centric analysis is primarily focused on what is happening in the industry, in the sub-category, the small or big niche that everyone's playing in. This can possibly make a good module in your tactical dashboard (we'll see cooler stuff we can add to our strategic dashboards later in this post). Both are valuable.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

Third, we’ll look ahead to discuss scenario planning and how leaders can forge a path forward. We begin by describing a typical a growth model and discuss how that fundamentally drives a company’s business strategy. So what are they doing here, in the context of their growth model?

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