Black & Decker (B&D) dominated the power tool industry but sought to diversify to achieve growth beyond 4% annual market increases. CEO Archibald acquired GE appliances and pursued other acquisitions. However, the $2.8 billion purchase of Emhart proved troublesome as it required divesting assets shareholders saw as poor strategic fits. While profits eventually rose, high debt from acquisitions concerned shareholders. The report suggests B&D expanded too quickly beyond its core competency through risky acquisitions.
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The document discusses the Lean Startup methodology, which is a disciplined approach to developing new software products with reduced risk. It involves standardizing common startup practices and incorporating best practices from other entrepreneurs. The Lean Startup process involves searching for a business, growing a business, and phases of customer discovery, validation, and creation to minimize the time spent learning through iterations. The goal of customer discovery is to test assumptions about the problem and minimum viable product through conversations with potential customers.
The document discusses applying "Lean" principles typically used in startups and manufacturing to improving education and teaching. It suggests education could benefit from starting with the student's goals, identifying appropriate metrics to measure learning, and designing curriculum that adapts based on data about student needs and effectiveness, rather than relying on rigid textbooks. The document raises questions about whether schools are inefficient and whether lean principles could help create an educational institution that continuously learns and improves.
The document discusses the Lean Startup methodology, which is a disciplined approach to developing new software products with reduced risk. It involves standardizing common startup practices and incorporating best practices from other entrepreneurs. The Lean Startup process involves searching for a business, growing a business, and phases of customer discovery, validation, and creation to minimize the time spent learning through iterations. The goal of customer discovery is to test assumptions about the problem and minimum viable product through conversations with potential customers.
The document discusses applying "Lean" principles typically used in startups and manufacturing to improving education and teaching. It suggests education could benefit from starting with the student's goals, identifying appropriate metrics to measure learning, and designing curriculum that adapts based on data about student needs and effectiveness, rather than relying on rigid textbooks. The document raises questions about whether schools are inefficient and whether lean principles could help create an educational institution that continuously learns and improves.
The document discusses the Lean Startup methodology which is a disciplined approach to building web and mobile products. It focuses on rapidly learning about customers through building minimum viable products (MVPs), measuring how customers respond, and iterating designs based on lessons learned. The key principles are minimizing waste, testing hypotheses quickly through experiments, and making progress through short development cycles of building, measuring, and learning.
34. 全俊才彿坿
駆翌容呪 :
? Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert Cialdini (慕)
? The Mating Mind Geoffrey Miller (慕)
? Putting the Fun in Functional Amy Jo Kim (etech 2006 preso)
? Futuristic Play Andrew Chen (鴬人)
? Don¨t Make Me Think Steve Krug (慕)
? D i i f th S i l W b J h P t (慕, 利嫋)
Designing for the Social Web Joshua Porter (慕
? Startup Lessons Learned Eric Ries (鴬人)
? Customer Development Methodology Steve Blank (處讐, 鴬人)
p gy ( 讐, )
? Startup-Marketing.com Sean Ellis (鴬人)
? KISSmetrics.com Hiten Shah / Neil Patel (利嫋)
? How To Pitch a VC Dave McClure (暫菊頭, NSFW)
? Understanding Comics Scott McCloud (慕)
36. 誘彿 #1:剣圄
─芦麗 ̄
? 潤更
C 1-3倖幹兵繁
C 誘彿 $25K-$100K
C 剣晒桟廠唆犖揖扠擬弗/綱諒
? 秀羨孔嬬圻侏/^恷弌徽辛喘恢麗 ̄MVP
秀羨孔嬬圻侏/^恷弌徽辛喘恢麗 ̄MVP
C 古廷>唖櫛隈埃3-6倖埖
C 蝕窟恷弌孔嬬鹿恢麗=>聞凪嬬校^塰佩 ̄
C 卩匂児粥卩燕医廬算峺炎
卩匂児粥卩燕医 廬算峺炎
C 霞編砿尖。寡追10-1000倖喘薩/砿尖繁埀。諾吭業┨翊1-10
? 處幣古廷週詰恢麗欠妝霞編孔嬬聞喘秤趨
? 蝕窟峺炎才標僉葎朔偬誘彿恂挫彈姥
37. 誘彿 #2: 嶽徨
? 潤更
(^偏魁 ̄)
C 2-5 倖繁議妖錦
C 誘彿$100K $1M
誘彿$100K-$1M
C 爺聞誘彿宀怏岶/弌侏欠嬪琴併署
? 個序恢麗制寄偏魁霞編辺秘 :
C 唖櫛隈>唄満 埃
櫛隈 満 埃6-12倖埖
倖
C 人薩−6 =>^欺 ̄音簾^
C 芦廾A / B霞編崇尺單晒廬算
C 霞編唔試強砿尖宀Acqstn麦祇
? 屬苧盾畳圭宛/丼吩得浩偏魁号庁
? 霞編麦祇撹云辺秘字氏
? 鳩協怏岶潤更購囚繁麗
38. 誘彿 #3: 欠
(^辺秘 ̄)
? 潤更
C 5-10 繁議妖錦
C 誘彿$1M-$5M
C 欠嬪琴辺
? 廳熱資誼辛隔偬窟婢 :
C 唄満->伏恢, 12-18 倖埖
C 綱人 Sat − 8 => ^万寔挫, 厘勣御盆厘議涛嗔 ̄
C 唔圭宛 => 辛圓霞議麦祇 / 試強 + 圓麻
C 辛制婢來才児粥譜仏人薩捲暦才塰佩
C 嚥栽恬誌育選狼
? 屬苧/謡婢偏魁匍暦荷恬來
? 隆栖議戦殻窺 哺旋/辛隔偬 曜竃僉夲
隆栖議戦殻窺采旋/辛隔偬曜竃僉夲