Big corporations, with their mountains of resources, should be nailing every new venture or product idea, right? Yet, sometimes they fumble. I’ve seen this happen in large corporations, and many mid-size scaling companies can also lose their way. Here are a few of the “why’s” from our experience with a healthy sprinkle of real-world examples. […]
Product innovation means knowing when agile may get in the way of progress As an agile trained Product Manager working with large corporations on emerging technology programs, I have certainly run into challenges. That’s to be expected, and jumping into a new organization isn’t easy, especially when existing culture has been trained to avoid taking […]
The Imperative for Corporate Entrepreneurship In my conversations with executives charged with innovation and corporate transformation, I hear a pretty consistent refrain: innovation is friggin’ hard work. Even with a commitment to “innovation” from the top, real impact takes unwavering focus and often new DNA that isn’t resident in the current organization. It also requires […]
Over the years as I have operated or worked at early stage ventures, I have built relationships with many Fortune 500 companies as customers, investors, and distribution partners for my products. Most of the time their relationships grew with us over the years, became our friends, and these relationships had a huge impact on a […]
Today’s healthcare environment continues to be an industry in the throes of massive transformation. Value-based care may be a buzzword, but no one can argue it’s having disruptive impact on healthcare organizations across the country. Paying for care based on actual outcomes is a huge shift in the business model for healthcare, and requires faster […]
If you are in the business of media and you haven’t seen House of Cards yet, you’re missing out. Not because it’s the best show “on TV” right now (although it might be) but because it is a great symbol of some of the massive shifts happening in TV economics. Why? It makes the Netflix […]