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Unit Economics: How to Calculate CAC & LTV – It Depends

IM Insights

The aggregate or business level doesn’t help when the product is still being developed, Product/Market-Fit is not yet established, a profitable channel is still to be determined, and so on. (11:00) 33:00) A bad dad joke from Elijah & a shoutout to Ana for the podcast post-production. (40:00) So what is the right CAC:LTV ratio?

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The Founder, Innovation On Film

Gregg Fraley

Between the two of them there is enough marvelously illustrated content to teach a masters course in innovation. There are scenes about about invention, development, prototyping, and completion. Use this movie with innovation teams, or students. It also includes the dark side of innovation.

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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Of course not. Customer Development came from b2b.) Innovation is somebody else’s job.

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BMI Lab goes West.

The BMI Lab Blog

Basically, over the course of 2 days (September 21-22) we invited Covestro´s selected senior managers to Switzerland. We identified and discussed strong areas and weak areas. Self-reflection is really important in a BMI process, since we need to build upon our strengths and develop our weaknesses to build up innovation capabilities.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Of course not. Customer Development came from b2b.). Innovation is somebody else’s job.

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

Open Innovation EU

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., Entrepreneurship. That brings us to entrepreneurial thinking. Behind deep cognitive structures are deep beliefs.”

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Three Pieces of Advice from Venture Capitalists and Top Executives

New Markets Advisors

Yet past purchases are a poor indicator of what customers actually need. At Breakaway, the team took a deep look at 534 companies to find the 3 it was willing to invest in over the course of a year. He helps companies understand customer needs, build innovation capabilities, and develop plans for growth.