It’s hard to know how to respond to events of the magnitude of those that have been in the headlines, except to acknowledge that the quest for social justice feels really, really, enormous. As readers… Read more »
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Finding your arena – a new book and new toolkit
I was delighted to read Steve Blank’s great post featuring the work of my friend and colleague Marc Gruber. Marc and I have been colleagues since my days in the entrepreneurship program at Wharton and… Subscribe for Premium Thought Sparks Content »
A Sample DDP for an entrepreneurial business
While looking for something else, I ran across this post which provides an outline for an entrepreneurial business using the discovery driven planning framework. I know many of you are always keen to find additional examples… Read more »
Questions to help you place projects on our Opportunity Portfolio
I had a most enjoyable day yesterday teaching in the Punch Sulzberger program, a joint venture between our Journalism and Business Schools at Columbia. The program seeks to help news journalists figure out what the… Read more »
BareBones NPV calculator file in Excel 2003 format
Many of you have expressed an interest in using the “BareBones” NPV calculator that we describe in the book. We’re in the process of getting this tool loaded on the Discovery Driven Growth web site,… Read more »
Consumer Leverage Ratio - A tool to measure the ticking credit time bomb lurking for your customers
My co-author, Ian MacMillan and one of his colleagues, William Jarvis have just weighed in on a topic near and dear to my heart—the deadly situations companies create when they lend more and more to… Read more »
Consumer Leverage Ratio – A tool to measure the ticking credit time bomb lurking for your customers
My co-author, Ian MacMillan and one of his colleagues, William Jarvis have just weighed in on a topic near and dear to my heart—the deadly situations companies create when they lend more and more to… Read more »
Software Tools that Support Discovery Driven Growth
Many of you have inquired about software tools that can support your efforts at thriving under uncertain conditions. MacMillan and I have partnered with Alan Abrahams of Virginia Tech to create and distribute some supporting… Read more »
Discovery Driven Growth - Biobarrier spreadsheet
Attached is one version of the “BioBarrier” spreadsheet that many of you have been asking for. DDP_BIOBARRIER.xls
Discovery Driven Growth – Biobarrier spreadsheet
Attached is one version of the “BioBarrier” spreadsheet that many of you have been asking for. DDP_BIOBARRIER.xls
Discovery Driven Planning - BareBones NPV calculator tools
Hello there. Many of you have expressed an interest in the “BareBones” NPV calculator that we use in Discovery Driven Growth. We’re just getting up on that web site now, but those of you who… Read more »
Discovery Driven Planning – BareBones NPV calculator tools
Hello there. Many of you have expressed an interest in the “BareBones” NPV calculator that we use in Discovery Driven Growth. We’re just getting up on that web site now, but those of you who… Read more »