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To launch these big new businesses, the company’s managers took rigorously logical steps. They worked on numerous initiatives in large, growing markets that were adjacent to or somewhat related to HP’s existing business. However, they only looked at opportunities that were already billion dollar markets. Barnholt recalls, “Around that time, people
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Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that, there is no where
Less but better.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
a project for a fast-food chain: how to sell more milk shakes.
Karen Dillon • Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
OKR has a single owner,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
time bound and unambiguous,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Hyatt House. Their directive to Intel’s management corps was simple and clear: “We’re going to win in 16-bit microprocessors. We’re committed to this.” Andy told us what
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
The company's strategy is simple. Acquire small vertical software businesses with little competition, apply best practices from past experience and repeat as often as possible.