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The Best Entrepreneurs Think Globally, Not Just Digitally

Harvard Business Review

from 2012 to 2014. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings. Worldwide, the number of start-up offices in those top 20 ecosystems that are second offices outside the initial ecosystem or founding headquarters that were moved rose more than 8.4X (!)

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

As Marco Annunziata , Chief Economist at GE, told me, “We’re no longer selling customers just a jet engine, a locomotive, or a wind turbine; we’re bringing data and actionable solutions along with the hardware to reduce costs and improve performance.” ” Hiring for Growth.

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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. In the past, IBM mostly provided enterprise software to customers who installed it on their own computers.