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6 Tips To Avoid Being Blindsided By A New Competitor

Startup Professionals Musings

Govindarajan recommends a simple and practical “three box” framework for allocating time, energy, and behaviors in the proper balance to foster continuous innovation. The best leaders spend more time on their own processes, skills, and hard decisions on what to keep and what to divest.

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IBM Introduces New Open Source Community for Developers

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It has been a big summer for developers ready to do a deep dive into open source projects and the Internet of Things (IoT) with IBM’s announcement of two new communities created in its developer-centric hub developerWorks , aimed at giving developers the perfect sandbox to play in.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My family had the very first edition of the IBM XT computer with a 10 MB hard drive.

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6 Tactics To Propel Innovation Before The Next Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

Govindarajan recommends a simple and practical “three box” framework for allocating time, energy, and behaviors in the proper balance to foster continuous innovation. The best leaders spend more time on their own processes, skills, and hard decisions on what to keep and what to divest.

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Entrepreneurs Needed To Deliver Big Data Solutions

Startup Professionals Musings

According to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. IBM adds a fourth “V” of Veracity to add trust and noise filtering to the challenge of Big Data analysis. This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere.

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5 Key Attributes Of A High-Performing Business Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, ever after years as an executive in IBM and other companies, I’m still looking for the magic. I was impressed by a recent book, “ The Leadership Star ,” by Brian Hartzer, an experienced business executive, offering a concise leadership framework that I believe embodies the key attributes that I recommend.

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Big Data is Getting Bigger as a Startup Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. IBM adds a fourth “V” of Veracity to add trust and noise filtering to the challenge of Big Data analysis. This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere.

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