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hbr.org • How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Istvan Rab • A design-led approach to embracing an ecosystem strategy
The problem with that is true defensibility purely at the product level is really rare in the Valley, because there are a lot of really good engineers. And there are new ones every day, whether they’re coming out of Stanford or coming in from other countries or whatever. And then there’s the issue of leap-frogging. The next team has the opportunity
... See moreElad Gil • High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People
Building Block #2: Pick the Right Type of Pricing Strategy
Georg Tacke • Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
Value Who is most likely to use this? Who buys it? Who influences decisions? Do they prioritize the problem? What else are they considering that is similar? What have I said/shown you that is most compelling (aha moment)? If probing relative urgency: If you had 10 points in your budget to allocate to solve your most urgent problems, how many points
... See moreMartina Lauchengco • Loved: How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)
by go‐to‐market channel,
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
This means that the very mechanisms through which organizations create value are intrinsically inimical to change.
Clayton M. Christensen • The Innovator's Dilemma
Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
amazon.com
Robert Sterns, who was chief strategist at Compaq until he left in 1998, saw the Digital acquisition as a mistake. “In his [Pfeiffer’s] quest for bigness, he lost an understanding of the customer, and built what I call empty market share—large but not profitable.”