Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

But most businesses fail because our assumptions about customer demand are wrong — because of market risk. Test market risk first. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship Product development' As a result, we’re more likely to think of validating experiments.

Products 8

Products Productivity Early Adopters Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter. And you can use this knowledge to avoid much of the market risk in building a new product. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship'

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If the customers haven’t changed much, point to changes in the competitive environment that make your strategy less sound today than it was when it was developed. Then develop a risk profile for your current strategy using the same framework you’re using to assess your new strategic options.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

By inextricably linking the two, we confine the practice of real, turbo-charged capitalism to business, and we dangerously limit the capacity of non-business organizations to innovate, fund, and bring to scale the kind of breakthrough ideas that will begin to solve the huge social problems we face today. How do you monetize that?

Learning Curve 9

Learning Curve Advertising GDP Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Business Model Tactics 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions. Use risk data as an avenue for innovation. Marketing Risk management Collaboration'

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8