May 25, 2012
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One reason for this revolution is explained by Etsy in terms of Conway’s Law:
When a team makes a product the product ends up resembling the team that made it.
I’ll extend this notion to say the team and thus the product end up resembling the underlying technology used to make it. When you change the underlying development infrastructure, by moving to a cloud, you are bound to change teams and processes they create.
(Full Story: Startups are Creating a New System of the World for IT)
August 31, 2011
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Have_a_mission_that_mattersThink_big_but_start_smallStrive_for_continual_ innovation, not_instant_perfectionLook_for_ideas_everywhereShare_everythingSpark_with_imagination, fuel_with_dataBe_a_platformNever_fail_to_fail
(Full Story: The Eight Pillars of Innovation | Think Quarterly by Google)
May 17, 2011
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Making Red Hat completely free catapulted it to market share leadership. This meant that big, corporate customers could see Red Hat as a suitable partner — a really big Linux supplier. This made them comfortable with utilizing Linux for their servers and buying service support from Red Hat.
(Full Story: Finding the Hidden Gems in Your Business Model – HBR)
March 28, 2011
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1. “What is the return on investment on this project?”2. “Can you prove your case and back it up with hard data?” 3. “Are you meeting your milestones?”
(Full Story: Three Questions that Will Kill Innovation – HBR)
