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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Your subtitle refers to “lean” principles; I’m assuming they respond to these restraining forces?

Strategy 130
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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Shane, 2003). Sharp (2010) has found that there is strong paradox in (entrepreneurial) leadership when it comes to innovation at the personal level of the entrepreneur. The lean startup: How today’s entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. 8: The Impact Paradox. Crown Business.

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The Raid on Entebbe – A Tale of Two Leaders

Destination Innovation

Rabin leaned towards meeting the hijackers’ demands but Peres argued fiercely that this would encourage more terror. He died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2003. And the Ugandan Military had surface to air missiles and MIG fighters which could easily shoot down the lumbering Hercules transport planes.

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Open Innovation: Convincing the Decision Makers

eZassi

This is understandable, especially since the term “open innovation” only became a part of the corporate lexicon around 2003. This is especially true during lean times. In our experience, many companies are resistant to innovation because they have a fear of the unknown. Fear of effectively executing an open innovation platform.