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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Competition aside, both face opposing physical forces that must be overcome to win.

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Business model creation and innovation in China: not just copycats.

The BMI Lab Blog

Lean value” focus: This approach is supported by the nature of the market. The success cases for every company on this list illustrate the points above: experimentation and iteration, creative adaptation, “lean value focus,” and global ambition. Innovation through a lean value focus in a crowded market.

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How to Test the Viability of a Multi-sided Business Model

Leanstack

Last time, I showed you how to model a multi-sided business using a Lean Canvas. Myspace launched in 2003 and grew to 5 million users within a year. If your competition is as clueless as you are, simply trying to anchor and position against them can be fatal. Friendster launched in 2002 and grew to 3 million users in two months.

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Open Innovation: Convincing the Decision Makers

eZassi

This is understandable, especially since the term “open innovation” only became a part of the corporate lexicon around 2003. This is especially true during lean times. In our experience, many companies are resistant to innovation because they have a fear of the unknown. Fear of effectively executing an open innovation platform.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

But a solution could come by following the example of the lean, agile, and India-based company Bharti AirTel Limited. Bharti has enjoyed compounded annual growth in sales revenues of 120% and growth in net profits of 282% per year between 2003 and 2010. Steps like these can create intense competition within the industry, and U.S.

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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., Shane, 2003). 2006) and are more likely to be created by making new and unique combinations (S. Crown Business.

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How to Sustain Front Line Process Improvement Activities

Harvard Business Review

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. In addition, the firm's new employee orientation program incorporated Lean and the Technicolor Improvement Process, the moniker of the suggestion system. Their answer?

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