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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

I encourage you to get it and embrace these strategies, whether you’re running a startup or in a big company. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Strategic Speed is defined as the optimal speed for swift strategy deployment and decision-making.

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

When he served as Brazil’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010, the country was experiencing an economic boom. GDP almost quadrupled from $558 billion in 2003 to $2.2 Early signs point to Lula’s government implementing a push strategy of development when they need to do the opposite. trillion in 2010. Pull, don’t push.

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Shark Tanks are the Pumpkin Spice of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Since its introduction in 2003, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has attracted its […]. It was the earliest ever launch of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte and it kicked off a season in which everything from Cheerios to protein powder to dog shampoo promises the nostalgia of Grandma’s pumpkin pie.

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FedEx Not Keeping Pace

Braden Kelley

In 2003, in a … Continue reading → FedEx took the shipping world by storm about forty years ago, growing to become the defacto shipping leader, unseating UPS and DHL. But, then after thirty years of strong growth they began to lose their mojo.

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What The Economist gets wrong about democracy and development in Latin America

Christensen Institute

The proposed strategy however–of rebuilding Latin American democracies from the ground up and rediscovering politics as a public service–couldn’t be more misplaced. Take for example, the 2003 attempted institutional reform in Afghanistan. However, it is rare that the source of a problem is also the solution to the problem.

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

The BMI Lab Blog

These processes and activities, along with the involved resources (Hedman and Kalling 2003) and capabilities (Morris et al. You need an innovation strategy. Business models, business strategy and innovation. HOW – To build and distribute the value proposition, a firm has to master several processes and activities. Johnson, M.W.,

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Sustainable futures based on Shakespeare

Norbert Bol

Van Cattenburg & Duijn (2019) relate in their article a specific case of the renovation of the Hogesluis Bridge in Amsterdam during 2003 – 2012 to Shakespeare’s The Tempest (a play written in 1611 that is full of symbolic meaning). Shakespeare is well known for using allegories. .