Every entrepreneur and technical leader wants to build the next blockbuster product and wildly successful company. Despite the desire and vision, success is not easy to find. Studies have shown that only 60 percent of new products introduced[1] and 25 percent of capital-backed ventures[2] achieve success. How do we improve our odds of success? The […]
Monetizing Innovation: The Right Team Counts
When starting a business or pursuing an innovation initiative, a critical component of success is having a great team. In fact, this may be the single most important factor and by itself, often determines whether a given initiative will be successful. Unfortunately, the evaluation of a team’s effectiveness is often done after an initiative is […]
Improving Innovation Effectiveness: Adopt an Investor’s Mentality
Why do so many innovation initiatives fail to live up to expectations? Were the expectations unreasonable or was it simply irrational exuberance? In the world of early stage investing, every entrepreneur pitching a business plan has their version of the infamous hockey stick growth model. In reality, hockey stick growth is as elusive as the […]
Turning a Strategic Plan Into Results
You’ve worked for months. Spent endless hours in airports and bland hotel rooms around the world to meet with customers to understand their issues and needs. Poured over market data and read countless 10-Ks and analyst reports in order to calculate market sizes and market growth rates. Business development, finance and regulatory affairs staff provided […]
Find Value in the Forest, Not the Trees
Developing and delivering successful products and services is a monumental task requiring precise planning and execution plus an element of good fortune. Product managers and designers often focus on packing the new product full of the latest, best, and most desirable features only to have the product fall short of expectations in the marketplace. Market […]
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