Steve Blank in thinkgrowth.org Most great technology startups — Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Tesla — were built by a team led by an entrepreneur. It doesn’t mean that if you have technical skills you can’t build a successful company. It does mean that success in building a company that scales depends on finding product/market fit, enough customers, enough [...]
Origen: Presenting Europe's Innovation Kitchen - SME Instrument Report 2018 - European Commission Since its start in 2014, the SME Instrument has invested €1.3 billion in a unique selection of 3.200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get their breakthrough innovations faster on the market. With a network of 750 international business coaches and a [...]
While corporations worry about disruption, do they actually invest in preventing it? ANSWER = NO Link to .pdf •667 strategy leaders surveyed •66% are $1B in revenue or more •Covering all major industries: financial services business services information technology life sciences insurance industrial manufacturing CPG energy and utilities retail telecommunications media education transportation materials [...]
Some insightful ideas on healthcare technology, by industry analyst Nikhil Krishnan. Almost a couple of months ago he mused in Things I'm Thinking about in Healthcare (part 2) –bold is mine very likely–: Tech as a Tool vs. Tech as a Priority In the first wave of digital health, we saw a lot of companies build tech [...]
Origen: How companies strangle innovation — and how you can get it right Internal and External Survey — Other places the problem might exist in a slightly different form Internal projects already in existence Commercially available solutions — Legal issues — Security issues — Support issues Use Cases/Concept of Operations Who are the customers? Stakeholders? Other [...]
Origen: IESE Insight The How-to Guide for Corporate Venturing At BMW's Startup Garage, the century-old, illustrious company has become a client of entrepreneurs who bring products, services and/or technologies not yet ready for the road. Essentially, the Startup Garage is a venturing program for those hoping to ultimately become BMW suppliers. Here startups offer BMW [...]
Origen: How to shake up conversions with stirring conversations Where the conversation happens matters. According to a 2016 Ovum study, 53 percent of American and German respondents stated that they favor talking with businesses through chat apps versus the phone, mainly because of speed and convenience. Meanwhile, 50.6 percent of consumers responding to a 2016 [...]
1. Be at the table, not just in the room. 2. Understand the rationale for business changes so you can make appropriate technology changes. 3. A slowdown doesn't mean a shutdown. 4. Develop a multiyear road map. 5. Be transparent about your project pipeline and priorities. 6. Don't be an obstacle to progress. 7. Redirect [...]
vía Busted! 5 myths of digital transformation | InfoWorld. Myth No. 1: “Digital” is a noun Myth No. 2: Digital business strategy is driven by the cloud, big data + analytics, mobility, and social media Myth No. 3: Digital transformation is about using technology to increase efficiency Myth No. 4: Digital companies need a Chief [...]
6 small steps to digital transformation | InfoWorld.