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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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i3: A market-creating initiative for African healthcare innovators

Christensen Institute

The initiative will provide grants, training, a network, and access to market support for these companies. In our language, i3 is a market-creating innovation initiative built to foster healthcare focused market-creating innovations across Africa. In 2005 when Ibrahim decided to sell the company, he did so for a handsome $3.4

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What are your innovation ambitions for next year?

Idea to Value

No, I am not talking about what you and your company’s high level goals are: … Increase market share … … Improve profit margins … … Be innovative … I am asking what specific ambitions you and your company have for next year. What are you hoping to achieve next year? And I want you to succeed.

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It’s Not Enough to Drive Change, You Also Have to Survive Victory

Innovation Excellence

He moved quickly to meet the threat posed by Netflix head on, launching Blockbuster Online in 2004 and, after successfully testing the concept in a few markets, ending late fees in early 2005. In early 2004, Viacom announced it would spin off Blockbuster Video, leaving CEO John Antioco master of his own fate. Still, not.

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Keep your users passionate in a positive way

Beyond the Obvious

I’m not often in the market for hand-knitted iPod cozies, customized guitar cables, or the like. However, since 2005 Etsy.com has signed more than 400,000 merchants and nearly seven million users. I’ve never shopped at the online craft marketplace Etsy.com. Their annual sales figures for 2010 were $273 million.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

2005) that the ´failure to adequately define the market is a key factor associated with venture failure´, we identify the definition of the target customer as one central dimension in designing a new business model. Disruptive innovations are innovations that radically change existing structures and markets (Pisano, 2015).

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Michael Brunner is Named Honoree in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards

Brunner

1991: Michael saw the value in big data before it was big and made Brunner’s first acquisition, a database marketing firm . 2005: H e acquired a creative boutique agency in Atlanta to provide a foothold in one of the nation’s strongest business markets .