CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Date : September 2005. Microsoft and Nokia. Price: $7.9B.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

And nowhere is Bezos’ philosophy of business, technology, and leadership better articulated than in his annual shareholder letters, which he has written every year since the company’s IPO in 1997. 2013: Decentralize decision-making to generate innovation. 2011: Self-service platforms unlock innovation.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.” ( 2005 ). “Be Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. It had a great brand.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Founded: 2005. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. Dart Music. Earth Class Mail. Declared Bankruptcy: 2011.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. But the model doesn’t always work perfectly. want to know THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPS FAIL? The Outcome.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

State of Innovation Report. ” This company had an online presence generating data, but lacked leadership or a vision around how that online presence should work or how that data could truly benefit its core business. It was a genuinely innovative insight into allocating capital, dressed up as a 2×2.

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