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Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company

Steve Blank

We spent two days of analyzing and exploring their customer discovery visits just completed across South America, Africa and Asia. So to get new divisions launched large optimistic forecasts are the norm. Their copies of the Four Steps were dog-eared and marked with sticky notes.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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Israel’s central bank, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions have forecasted 3.5% The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

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In the business-efficiency category, Israel scored very high in availability of skilled labor, finance skills, entrepreneurship of managers and venture capital. Israel also came in first for the innovative capacity of firms to generate new products, processes and services.