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The Work of a Strategist

The Product Coalition

Using an automotive example, a tightly coupled strategy would resemble a Le Mans tuned race car where a strategy that can service a wider market would look less like a Porsche 919 and more like a Porsche Macan. Strategy begins by identifying the structure of the challenge, not by naming performance goals.

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Business Acumen

The Product Bistro

These are the same people who think the Chinese no-name Android smartphone for $150 is something that Apple should compete against, since their profit margins are so healthy. Truth is, that these are usually the teasers that are used to get people into the dealership, and give their sales team the opportunity to up-sell.

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Norman Crowley on uncovering the business opportunities in tackling climate change

Intercom, Inc.

We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software. And so, our teams it’s a huge motivator for them. And then we give the operators or the engineers real-time information about where waste is happening.

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Humans Are Awesome/Terrible At Risk Management | Andy Ellis, Akamai | BoS USA 2019

Business of Software Conference

And now what happens out of something like this is you’ll do a thing that your security professional thinks is bad. They’re pretty bad at it. So, I started with this concept that we think people make bad decisions. And you can be like What were those engineers at Ford thinking? Those of you from the UK?

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The 5 Skills Of An Innovator | Bob Moesta, The ReWired Group | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Bob has honed these key skills from his life working in everything from automotive, weapons systems, food, private equity, homebuilding, construction software, and more. I’m an engineer. Thing is I’ve learned a lot about how to develop products. Video, slides, and transcript below. Upcoming Events.