Innovation @ 50x in Companies and Government Agencies | Steve Blank
I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies trying to adapt and adopt Lean Methodologies ....
Subtraction = Growth | Subtraction Capital Blog
We are often asked why we named the firm Subtraction Capital vs a more typical name like Thermo-Nuclear Capital, “Blowin’ Stuff Up”. “I thought you were supposed to ‘add’ capital to startups” say the uninitiated ....
300 Baud Modems and Autonomous Vehicles — Medium
I have a teenage daughter, and in a few years, she’s going to get her driver’s license. (Which terrifies me.) And while there have been incredible advances in autonomous vehicles over the last few years, I’m certain that she’ll still need to learn how to drive — the technology and regulatory environments just aren’t changing that fast ....
How to Think About All Strategic Alliances — The Right Mindset and How to Make the Tough Decisions — Medium
In the quest to build a business, alliances are key to growing quickly and building robustly. Partners with expertise, distribution, or resources that you don’t have create a huge advantage over competitors ...
5 Ways to Improve Your Sales Productivity Strategy - OpenView Labs
As companies focus on growth, sales leaders need new approaches and field-tested strategies to increase efficiency, boost effectiveness and close more deals. Today’s high-performing companies consistently strike that critical balance by addressing the needs of their sales teams, their customers, and the technology that helps connect there. Here are five proven ways sales leaders can use technology to improve their sales productivity strategy and enable their sales teams to sell smarter and faster.
What I'm Reading: Financial Intelligence
Apparently there is a link between how financially literate teams are, and company performance - so we have started to do something about it,on our reading list this month is this book - so I thought I better read it. ^ADJ
The Story Behind How Pocket Hit 20M Users with 20 People - First Round Review
If save-for-later service Pocket had a spirit animal, it’d be the American field ant. Like the insect, the startup supports that which is many times its own size. It serves its 20 million registered users — who have saved over 2 billion articles and videos for later — with a team of just 20 employees.