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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The answer, to me, is how the meaning of innovation has changed. These businesses own virtually nothing they are providing to customers, yet they have created tremendous values and changes in the world. Something big is going on.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The answer, to me, is how the meaning of innovation has changed. These businesses own virtually nothing they are providing to customers, yet they have created tremendous values and changes in the world. Leadership Insights.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The answer, to me, is how the meaning of innovation has changed. These businesses own virtually nothing they are providing to customers, yet they have created tremendous values and changes in the world. Something big is going on.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

Others are being disrupted. But, arguably, the biggest and most relevant change is that customers have more information now than ever before and can change direction more quickly. And it’s a good thing, since their current business model is facing massive disruption. Competition is now global.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Here’s why. The result?

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

In this post I review important lessons learned by CVCs that have been operating for many years and several economic cycles and best practices being used by newer CVCs. They invest in different sectors: such as software and services for USAA Ventures, and materials (and more) for BASF Venture Capital. and Europe. They invest globally.