It’s always great to find out that discovery driven planning has been used to good effect. In today’s entrepreneurs’ profile from the Harbus, which is Harvard Business School’s student weekly, one of their student entrepreneurs,… Read more »
Thought Sparks
What is the most important piece of advice you’ve been given regarding starting a business?
Bill Fox, entrepreneur, of Ivy Motivation, LLC, lauded Discovery-Driven Planning in a Harvard Business publication, Harbus. “The best advice I have received was from my marketing professor, Ray Weaver, and the article Discovery-Driven Planning by… Read more »
Rita McGrath cited on BNET
Successful entrepreneurs have a different approach — Inspired by the recent discussion with four entrepreneurs in the Wall Street Journal, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath contrasts the ways successful entrepreneurs approach the subject of… Read more »
Rita presenting Discovery Driven Growth at SXSW
The link to the listing is here.
Discovery Driven Planning - a resource for social entrepreneurs
We are often asked how to apply discovery driven planning concepts to not-for-profit and social enterprises. I recently ran across the book Enterprising Nonprofits which uses the technique to apply to growing socially important businesses. … Read more »
Discovery Driven Planning - a presentation on the web
I also ran across this presentation from one of our entrepreneurship professor colleagues – it’s a nice overview of business planning in a venturing context.
Discovery Driven Planning featured on marketing web site
For those of you interested in different applications of the discovery driven planning idea, you might want to visit the Market Remarks web site. Sunil Sharma, who runs the web site has also incorporated a… Read more »
“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld
My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »
“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld
My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »
Reacting to a downturn - Floyd Norris of the New York Times
I ran into Floyd in Davos, and he picked up an observation I made about how people respond to bad news. You can find it at this link. The essential idea is that there is… Read more »
A Conversation…Obstacles to Innovation-Led Growth
Connected of Columbia Business School interviewed Rita McGrath on Obstacles to Innovation-Led Growth. Connected: Professor McGrath, we know that the economic slowdown is having a detrimental effect on many businesses. How is the current economy… Read more »
A Conversation…Obstacles to Innovation-Led Growth
Connected of Columbia Business School interviewed Rita McGrath on Obstacles to Innovation-Led Growth. Connected: Professor McGrath, we know that the economic slowdown is having a detrimental effect on many businesses. How is the current economy… Read more »