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Streamline Training endorses Discovery Driven Planning outlining the five-step process for pursuing a new venture in a way that controls risk in what is an inherently uncertain situation. Click here for the entire blog, and a link to the 1995 Harvard Business Review article by Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan.

• Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2008

Entrepreneur Steve Blank has recommended Entrepreneurial Mindset as one of the best strategy books for startups: "The Entrepreneurial Mindset articulates the critically important idea that there are different types of startup opportunities. The notion of three Market Types springs from here. The book provides a framework for the early marketing/sales strategies essential in a startup." For the entire blog entry at Microsoft StartUp Zone, click here.

• Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008

A June 16, 2008 BusinessWeek article entitled Demystifying Web 2.0, refers to discovery-driven planning: "It's discovery-driven business planning rather than the old-fashioned planning that comes from the top down. Entrepreneurs are particularly good with this approach because they can test things and recalibrate quickly. The aren't stuck in long development cycles in the way larger companies often are." To read the entire article, click here.

• Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

In March 2008, Rita McGrath spoke to the IESE Business School in Lisbon, Spain. A portion of her presentation is featured at YouTube. To view, click here..

• Posted: Sunday, June 08, 2008

John Caddell blogged on May 5, 2008 at ShopTalk.com that he considered Rita McGrath one of five top female business gurus. For his comments, click here.

• Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008

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