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Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, and Faster Horses

This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer A solid consensus would seem to exist that customer feedback gathered through market research is a key to successful product innovation. And yet, I’m surprised how often one can hear … Continue reading

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Why Do Startups Fail?

I came across a March 2015 TED talk by Bill Gross, founder of the business incubator Idealab. He set out to identify the “single biggest reason why startups succeed” (or fail). To do so, he considered the five major factors: … Continue reading

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