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                                        Real innovation requires real customers | innovation2execution.com
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                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. Real innovation requires real customers. July 30, 2011. I get to work with a lot of new companies and corporate ventures and, you know what, they frequently have no clue about what a real customer wants. Cambridge (the UK one) is a great place for technology innovation but even the smartest people don’t always understand about having a real market. They have the Field of Dreams view about customers – ‘if I build it, they will come.”. 8221;….silence…. 8220;Our factories.”. 8220;So...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        ‘United Breaks Guitars’ Viral Video Maker On Another Consumer Mission – Courant.com | innovation2execution.com
                                        http://www.innovation2execution.com/2012/03/10/united-breaks-guitars-viral-video-maker-on-another-consumer-mission-courant-com
                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. 8216;United Breaks Guitars’ Viral Video Maker On Another Consumer Mission – Courant.com. March 10, 2012. Dave’s now started a consumer website (as well as shortly publishing his book and helping companies understand the crazy world of social media). More on the well named, gripevine.com below. 8216;United Breaks Guitars’ Viral Video Maker On Another Consumer Mission – Courant.com. PS It’s vaguely close to priceline.com in name but will we see Bill Shatner take a bow? I was lookin...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Portfolio Management | innovation2execution.com
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                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. Category Archives: Portfolio Management. Real innovation requires real customers. July 30, 2011. Portfolio management – slightly trickier now. November 28, 2005. A few people asked about other ways of representing the projects so I wanted to show the following. On the left is a way of viewing projects that was first introduced by Arthur D. Little a company that have shown considerable leadership in this area. Their categorisation of different technologies within a market ...8211;...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Startups | innovation2execution.com
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                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. Thoughts on choosing a mentor…. January 18, 2013. I was looking at a blog about choosing a mentor today. There were some good questions but here are a few that I thought were useful that I didn’t see. The word ‘my’ is used to illustrate the point – not because I’m looking for a mentor. What ‘unfair’ advantages can you bring to my business? Real innovation requires real customers. July 30, 2011. Never work with idiots and….people you can’t get on with. July 25, 2011. Ten years ago...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Thoughts on choosing a mentor… | innovation2execution.com
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                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. Thoughts on choosing a mentor…. January 18, 2013. I was looking at a blog about choosing a mentor today. There were some good questions but here are a few that I thought were useful that I didn’t see. The word ‘my’ is used to illustrate the point – not because I’m looking for a mentor. What ‘unfair’ advantages can you bring to my business? How are your rewards aligned with the success of my business? What areas can you specifically help with? What areas can you not help with? 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        The rise of the NBN | innovation2execution.com
                                        http://www.innovation2execution.com/2012/02/23/148
                                        FTTH, FTTX and NGA News. The rise of the NBN. February 23, 2012. From Qatar to Australia the talk has been of government driven, national broadband networks. Having created one from scratch with the Ventura Team partners – it’s an extraordinary complex undertaking and requires careful setting up. Anyone can waste money, but using national resources wisely and getting low cost broadband to the masses is the objective. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. 10:36 pm By Richard. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Corporate Venturing: So you thought marketing is fun - lessons from software companies
                                        http://corporateventuring.blogspot.com/2005/12/so-you-thought-marketing-is-fun.html
                                        This blog is about managing technology ideas and developing them as startups or corporate ventures - sharing ideas, scars, what works and what doesn't. Hope you enjoy it. Richard A D Jones. Wednesday, December 21, 2005. So you thought marketing is fun - lessons from software companies. The following goes through the detail of some of the issues that will keep you up at night for a software business. Some of the points are equally valid across other types of product. 1 Upsetting your distributor. You can&...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Corporate Venturing: Startups and the trials of being an entrepreneur
                                        http://corporateventuring.blogspot.com/2006/08/startups-and-trials-of-being.html
                                        This blog is about managing technology ideas and developing them as startups or corporate ventures - sharing ideas, scars, what works and what doesn't. Hope you enjoy it. Richard A D Jones. Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Startups and the trials of being an entrepreneur. I think this should be the motto for entrepreneurs and people involved in startups. It is not the critic who counts,. Nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled,. Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. I’m ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Corporate Venturing: Project management mistakes - ridiculous resourcing
                                        http://corporateventuring.blogspot.com/2006/02/project-management-mistakes-ridiculous.html
                                        This blog is about managing technology ideas and developing them as startups or corporate ventures - sharing ideas, scars, what works and what doesn't. Hope you enjoy it. Richard A D Jones. Thursday, February 02, 2006. Project management mistakes - ridiculous resourcing. For senior managers – the ability to review a project and understand the real position accurately is vital. That’s why you can’t leave project management to project managers! Posted by Richard A D Jones at 5:40:00 PM. When product manage...