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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s knowledge-based and highly competitive environment, strategic leadership and company direction can still most quickly be decided and executed in a hierarchical organization. Market evolution is not the same as company success. Leadership and hierarchy perform strategic functions.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

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Can you profit by serving early adapters?

Berkonomics

But I have been on the other side of the early adopter development process several times in the past, and can attest that it is great fun, but rarely profitable to be the first with any new product that requires simultaneously evangelizing or teaching the masses within the industry and marketing the new product offering.

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It is satisfying, but rarely profitable, serving early adopters.

Berkonomics

But I have been on the other side of the early adopter development process several times in the past, and can attest that it is great fun, but rarely profitable to be the first with any new product that requires simultaneously evangelizing or teaching the masses within the industry and marketing the new product offering.