by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Start-up, The Street (the street.com), Viability
Start-ups’ Early Sales Don’t Guarantee Success Start-up technology firms often fail because they consider the first commercial milestone — paying customers — a determinant of long-term success. The actual sale to a prospect that is enthusiastic...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | The Street (the street.com)
Innovation Isn’t Just for Clients Innovation is too often limited to the products and technology we deliver to customers and ignored when it comes to how we run our businesses. For instance, many businesses still spend countless hours traveling to touch base...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Business Articles, The Street (the street.com)
Risk Innovation or Be Beaten by Those Who Do Innovation is most commonly associated with the creation of products, services or technology. When we think of technology and product innovation, Apple(AAPL) comes to mind; for service we think of online retailers such as...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | The Street (the street.com)
Technology Failure An Opportunity, Or a Loss I love to find innovative products and technology that save me time, making me more efficient and effective. I have digital pens from LiveScribe (a product of Anoto Group) and Logitech(LOGI) that let me take notes in a...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Results, The Street (the street.com)
Innovators Pay for Results, Not Time For decades, if not centuries, our production efforts have been focused on time. We pay by the hour, day, week, month and year. We focus on the amount of time an employee (or contractor) spends working for us or on projects. In...
