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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Net result and reward. Accountability. Tracking results are essential to optimal ROI.

Coach 98
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Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Net result and reward. Accountability. Tracking results are essential to optimal ROI.

Coach 93
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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year.

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Ten Steps to Survival by Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Net result and reward. Accountability. Tracking results are essential to optimal ROI.

Coach 49