Stretching the Technology and Business Envelope

FountainBlue’s July 28 VIP roundtable, on the topic of ‘Stretching the Technology and Business Envelope’! Please join me in thanking our gracious hosts at Texas Instruments, who on-site support and joined in the interactive discussion. Below is a compilation of their ideas and thoughts for stretching the Technology and Business Envelope.  

Be Strategic

• Have a core strength and value-add and build on that strength.
• Strategically target markets and leaders with specific needs you can address.
• Understand how your offering stands out from the competition. 
• Strategize on which markets to approach and how you can build momentum.

Operationalize for Success.

• Create an infrastructure and platform and partner with clients to launch products and services.
• Identify the pain and provide reports with dashboards of information the customer defines as important.
• Identify the earliest root causes for a known problem and notify stakeholders when these scenarios occur.
• Understand the policies and mandates and their implications for your target industries and customers.

Support Innovation and Creativity.

• Balance structure and requirements which sets the direction with flexibility and fluidity to welcome creativity and innovation.
• Design opportunities to innovate from within, using corporate funding and resources and channels and incorporating entrepreneurial teams and ideas.

It All Comes Down to Leadership.

• Invest in the seasoned leaders who can deliver the software requirements and the hardware needs.
• Be creative, persistent, courageous, while also being prepared and strategic.

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