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June 20, 2008

Discovery Driven Planning:  A lesson by a marketing consultant

One explanation for somewhat sparse postings these days is that I’m busy completing our new book, Discovery Driven Growth.  Can’t say too much about it (publishers get irate) but in the course of researching the… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

June 19, 2008

Entrepreneurial Mindset on Steve Blank’s List of the Best Books for Building a Startup

Entrepreneur Steve Blank has recommended Entrepreneurial Mindset as one of the best strategy books for startups: “The Entrepreneurial Mindset articulates the critically important idea that there are different types of startup opportunities. The notion of… Read more »

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June 19, 2008

Entrepreneurial Mindset on Steve Blank’s List of the Best Books for Building a Startup

Entrepreneur Steve Blank has recommended Entrepreneurial Mindset as one of the best strategy books for startups: “The Entrepreneurial Mindset articulates the critically important idea that there are different types of startup opportunities. The notion of… Read more »

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June 17, 2008

Business Week article cites Discovery Driven Planning

A June 16, 2008 BusinessWeek article entitled Demystifying Web 2.0, refers to discovery-driven planning: “It’s discovery-driven business planning rather than the old-fashioned planning that comes from the top down. Entrepreneurs are particularly good with this… Read more »

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June 17, 2008

Entrepreneurial wanna-be’s:  More resources

I wrote not too long ago about the resources available to aspiring entrepreneurs, including SCORE, the SBDC’s of most major universities and other entities dedicated to helping people start and grow successful businesses. Kelly Spors,… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

June 8, 2008

Rita McGrath on YouTube!

In March 2008, Rita McGrath spoke to the IESE Business School in Lisbon, Spain. A portion of her presentation is featured at YouTube. To view, click here..

Filed Under: News Archives

June 8, 2008

Should Ann Livermore Move beyond HP?

Rita McGrath has posted Should Ann Livermore Move beyond HP? at the Harvard Business Publishing site.  To read the text, click here. 

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June 5, 2008

Insightful note on the complexity of rules by Norman Bartczak

I’m attending Jeff Sonnenfeld’s Yale CEO Summit this week, and this morning listened in on a fascinating presentation by my colleague, Norman Bartczak, who manages to make accounting interesting!  Among the many things that caught… Read more »

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June 2, 2008

Discovery Driven Planning: Learning from failures and disappointments at Lululemon

I was browsing through this week’s edition of Business Week when I ran across a great story as part of their 50 fast-growth companies series.  The story is about Lululemon, a retailer that has grown… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

May 22, 2008

Missing Women, Empty Talent Pipelines, and CEO Compensation

Rita McGrath is a regular contributor at the Harvard Business Publishing blog.  Read her article on Missing Women, Empty Talent Pipelines, and CEO Compensation by clicking on the title.

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May 16, 2008

Building a Discovery Driven Plan:  What are the typical assumptions?

I’m often asked to give people a checklist of assumptions that they can use to get started developing a discovery driven plan.  Here are some of the most critical: What is my profit model? Have… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

May 9, 2008

New Social Networking site – the Mistake Bank

The Mistake Bank is a fascinating new social network concept introduced by John Caddell, a one-time telecom corporate type and now a consultant helping companies become more innovative.  The idea behind the network is to… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning

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