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Special Discussion on Starting Consulting Services Organizations Within Product Companies

Steve Shu Consulting

These are companies that are essentially independent from product vendors. However, there are a number of companies that provide consulting or professional services as part of product companies (e.g., Improper tone for sales meetings – Product companies are often used to marketing-push type sales strategies (e.g.,

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Product Portfolio Management: What It Is and Why It Matters for Business Leaders

Epicflow

For the growing companies, it’s crucially important to keep track of all their products and make sure they are in demand and meet customers’ needs. A good way to increase profitability is to work on the products that will definitely bring revenue and make the right improvements that people are expecting.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. Next, analyze the data and develop actionable strategies to improve the business.

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Become a More Productive Learner

Harvard Business

On the corporate side, working professionals apply only about 15% of what they learn in many corporate training and development programs in many cases. In short, we have become less productive learners. Here are four ways to become a more productive learner. We’re consuming more information but not learning more.

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How to Tame Uncertainty of Research and Development: Tips on Managing R&D Projects

Epicflow

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects. Read the next section to find out some useful recommendations.

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Your New Hit Product Might Be Underpriced

Harvard Business

The odds are stacked against new products or services. We have diagnosed thousands of product failures over the last 30 years, and have found recurring patterns. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. The problem with wildly successful products. Most definitely.

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Work Friends Make Us More Productive (Except When They Stress Us Out)

Harvard Business

There are definitely benefits, but there are also costs. Methot, along with colleagues Jeffery Lepine, Nathan Podsakoff, and Jessica Siegel Christian, studied the development of multiplex relationships inside companies to determine whether they were helpful or harmful to performance.