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Archives for 2009

March 16, 2009

Discovery Driven Growth Official Publication Date!

Today is the big day!  Discovery Driven Growth publishes today! I’d encourage our followers to buy a copy, and post a review – it would be great to have your comments.

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March 15, 2009

Rita McGrath New York Times OpEd—Why Bad Times Nurture New Inventions

Rita McGrath appeared in the NYT OpEd March 15, addressing the topic of the Merits of ParsimonyWhy Bad Times Nurture New Inventions.

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March 15, 2009

Rita McGrath New York Times OpEd—Why Bad Times Nurture New Inventions

Rita McGrath appeared in the NYT OpEd March 15, addressing the topic of the Merits of ParsimonyWhy Bad Times Nurture New Inventions.

Filed Under: News Archives

March 2, 2009

How an education entrepreneur used discovery driven planning

It’s always great to find out that discovery driven planning has been used to good effect.  In today’s entrepreneurs’ profile from the Harbus, which is Harvard Business School’s student weekly, one of their student entrepreneurs,… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

March 2, 2009

What is the most important piece of advice you’ve been given regarding starting a business?

Bill Fox, entrepreneur, of Ivy Motivation, LLC, lauded Discovery-Driven Planning in a Harvard Business publication, Harbus. “The best advice I have received was from my marketing professor, Ray Weaver, and the article Discovery-Driven Planning by… Read more »

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March 2, 2009

Rita McGrath cited on BNET

Successful entrepreneurs have a different approach — Inspired by the recent discussion with four entrepreneurs in the Wall Street Journal, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath contrasts the ways successful entrepreneurs approach the subject of… Read more »

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February 24, 2009

Rita presenting Discovery Driven Growth at SXSW

The link to the listing is here.

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

February 24, 2009

Discovery Driven Planning - a resource for social entrepreneurs

We are often asked how to apply discovery driven planning concepts to not-for-profit and social enterprises.  I recently ran across the book Enterprising Nonprofits which uses the technique to apply to growing socially important businesses. … Read more »

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February 24, 2009

Discovery Driven Planning - a presentation on the web

I also ran across this presentation from one of our entrepreneurship professor colleagues – it’s a nice overview of business planning in a venturing context. 

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February 24, 2009

Discovery Driven Planning featured on marketing web site

For those of you interested in different applications of the discovery driven planning idea, you might want to visit the Market Remarks web site.  Sunil Sharma, who runs the web site has also incorporated a… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

February 23, 2009

“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld

My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »

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February 23, 2009

“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld

My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »

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