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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. You use the term “ScaleUp” …how is that different than startup and why does it deserve a special designation? Back then, unicorns by this definition were indeed as rare and magical as their mythical namesake.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

2005) that the ´failure to adequately define the market is a key factor associated with venture failure´, we identify the definition of the target customer as one central dimension in designing a new business model. HOW – To build and distribute the value proposition, a firm has to master several processes and activities.

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

Is innovation a superfluous fad that just won’t go away, or is learning how to be innovative crucial for futureproofing an enterprise? This is a prime example of why, when learning how to be innovative, it's crucial for companies to utilise the knowledge of their employees. So which one is it? Framing Innovation.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018).

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ikeGPS – How To Invest in Trends To Escape Your Core and Grow Explosively

Adam Hartung

Are you in growth markets, creating new products with new technologies that meet unmet needs and have the potential to completely change your business? Sure technology is changing, but I don’t understand it, nor know how to use it. ikeGPS was started in 2003 as a government/military funded products research company.

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How to Test the Viability of a Multi-sided Business Model

Leanstack

Last time, I showed you how to model a multi-sided business using a Lean Canvas. In this post, I will show you how to get more specific and test the viability of these types of business models. Myspace launched in 2003 and grew to 5 million users within a year.

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Coopetition

CREATORS

You can read part one HERE ** Do you remember who invented the liquid crystal display (LCD) back in 2003 that disrupted a whole industry and thereby brought the era of traditional tube televisions to an end? As a result, they reached the two top ranks in TV market and increased their value tremendously. Samsung and Sony?—?both