Developing New Business Ideas; Andrew Bragg, Mary. Bragg; 2005
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Developing New Business Ideas Upplaga 1

av Andrew Bragg, Mary. Bragg
Publisher’s acknowledgements
Authors’ acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: The importance of developing strong ideas

·    James Dyson - using the idea development process to clean up

·    Demystifying the idea development process

·    Slaying the myth that entrepreneurs are born, not made

·    The four steps in the idea development process

·    And another thing: benefits of the idea development process

·    Call in the cavalry or do it yourself?

·    Sir Clive Sinclair and the C5 – the perils of a flawed process of idea development

     

 

Chapter 2: Applying creativity to the idea development process

·    Phil Knight and NIKE – combining logic and intuition into record-breaking success

·    Why is creativity a must?

·    Reconnect with your creativity

·    Creativity and the idea development process

·    Mastering whole-brain thinking

·    Ingvar Kamprad – using logic and intuition to break the mould with IKEA

 

Chapter 3: Step One - seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Amazon.com – shaping the internet opportunity

·    Don’t rush to headlong action

·    Give yourself time to develop alternatives

·    Treat your first business idea as purely tentative

·    Total immersion in the market

·    Fact-finding

·    Tools for seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Moving to Step Two – acknowledging Catch-22

·    Iridium – the imperfect solution to an opportunity which never existed?

 

Chapter 4: Step Two – generating new ideas

·    Howard Head – an analogical approach to business success

·    Eureka?

·    The Mind Gym: six mental workouts and their related routines

·    Ground-rules for productive mental workouts

·    Mental Workout One - Checklists

·    Mental Workout Two - Stimulus materials

·    Mental Workout Three - Combinations

·    Mental Workout Four – Free-association

·    Mental Workout Five - Analogical thinking

·    Mental Workout Six – Upside-down thinking

·    Moving to Step Three

·    Thomas Alva Edison – idea generator par excellence

 

Chapter 5: Step Three - evaluating and selecting ideas

·    Karan Bilimoria: brewing the criteria to achieve the “big one”

·    Evaluation allows development, not just selection

·    Two-phase screening process

·    Evaluation frameworks for screening ideas

·    Criteria to use within the frameworks

·    Business-focused criteria

·    Person-focused criteria

·    Decision balance sheet

·    Prototyping

·    Gary Mueller and Internet Securities, Inc. – selecting a venture to suit his needs

 

Chapter 6: Step Four - planning for implementation

·    Frederic Smith – overcoming the obstacles to Fedex

·    The importance of planning for implementation

·    Increasing the likelihood of successful implementation

·    The blocks to implementation

·    Techniques to identify blocks to implementation

·    Guiding principles for overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Practical examples of overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Milestone planning

·    Jollibee Foods Corporation – planning to beat a giant          

 

Appendix 1: Possible solutions to ambigious picture

Appendix 2: References:

Index
Publisher’s acknowledgements
Authors’ acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: The importance of developing strong ideas

·    James Dyson - using the idea development process to clean up

·    Demystifying the idea development process

·    Slaying the myth that entrepreneurs are born, not made

·    The four steps in the idea development process

·    And another thing: benefits of the idea development process

·    Call in the cavalry or do it yourself?

·    Sir Clive Sinclair and the C5 – the perils of a flawed process of idea development

     

 

Chapter 2: Applying creativity to the idea development process

·    Phil Knight and NIKE – combining logic and intuition into record-breaking success

·    Why is creativity a must?

·    Reconnect with your creativity

·    Creativity and the idea development process

·    Mastering whole-brain thinking

·    Ingvar Kamprad – using logic and intuition to break the mould with IKEA

 

Chapter 3: Step One - seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Amazon.com – shaping the internet opportunity

·    Don’t rush to headlong action

·    Give yourself time to develop alternatives

·    Treat your first business idea as purely tentative

·    Total immersion in the market

·    Fact-finding

·    Tools for seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Moving to Step Two – acknowledging Catch-22

·    Iridium – the imperfect solution to an opportunity which never existed?

 

Chapter 4: Step Two – generating new ideas

·    Howard Head – an analogical approach to business success

·    Eureka?

·    The Mind Gym: six mental workouts and their related routines

·    Ground-rules for productive mental workouts

·    Mental Workout One - Checklists

·    Mental Workout Two - Stimulus materials

·    Mental Workout Three - Combinations

·    Mental Workout Four – Free-association

·    Mental Workout Five - Analogical thinking

·    Mental Workout Six – Upside-down thinking

·    Moving to Step Three

·    Thomas Alva Edison – idea generator par excellence

 

Chapter 5: Step Three - evaluating and selecting ideas

·    Karan Bilimoria: brewing the criteria to achieve the “big one”

·    Evaluation allows development, not just selection

·    Two-phase screening process

·    Evaluation frameworks for screening ideas

·    Criteria to use within the frameworks

·    Business-focused criteria

·    Person-focused criteria

·    Decision balance sheet

·    Prototyping

·    Gary Mueller and Internet Securities, Inc. – selecting a venture to suit his needs

 

Chapter 6: Step Four - planning for implementation

·    Frederic Smith – overcoming the obstacles to Fedex

·    The importance of planning for implementation

·    Increasing the likelihood of successful implementation

·    The blocks to implementation

·    Techniques to identify blocks to implementation

·    Guiding principles for overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Practical examples of overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Milestone planning

·    Jollibee Foods Corporation – planning to beat a giant          

 

Appendix 1: Possible solutions to ambigious picture

Appendix 2: References:

Index
Upplaga: 1a upplagan
Utgiven: 2005
ISBN: 9780273663256
Förlag: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Sidor: 288 st
Publisher’s acknowledgements
Authors’ acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: The importance of developing strong ideas

·    James Dyson - using the idea development process to clean up

·    Demystifying the idea development process

·    Slaying the myth that entrepreneurs are born, not made

·    The four steps in the idea development process

·    And another thing: benefits of the idea development process

·    Call in the cavalry or do it yourself?

·    Sir Clive Sinclair and the C5 – the perils of a flawed process of idea development

     

 

Chapter 2: Applying creativity to the idea development process

·    Phil Knight and NIKE – combining logic and intuition into record-breaking success

·    Why is creativity a must?

·    Reconnect with your creativity

·    Creativity and the idea development process

·    Mastering whole-brain thinking

·    Ingvar Kamprad – using logic and intuition to break the mould with IKEA

 

Chapter 3: Step One - seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Amazon.com – shaping the internet opportunity

·    Don’t rush to headlong action

·    Give yourself time to develop alternatives

·    Treat your first business idea as purely tentative

·    Total immersion in the market

·    Fact-finding

·    Tools for seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Moving to Step Two – acknowledging Catch-22

·    Iridium – the imperfect solution to an opportunity which never existed?

 

Chapter 4: Step Two – generating new ideas

·    Howard Head – an analogical approach to business success

·    Eureka?

·    The Mind Gym: six mental workouts and their related routines

·    Ground-rules for productive mental workouts

·    Mental Workout One - Checklists

·    Mental Workout Two - Stimulus materials

·    Mental Workout Three - Combinations

·    Mental Workout Four – Free-association

·    Mental Workout Five - Analogical thinking

·    Mental Workout Six – Upside-down thinking

·    Moving to Step Three

·    Thomas Alva Edison – idea generator par excellence

 

Chapter 5: Step Three - evaluating and selecting ideas

·    Karan Bilimoria: brewing the criteria to achieve the “big one”

·    Evaluation allows development, not just selection

·    Two-phase screening process

·    Evaluation frameworks for screening ideas

·    Criteria to use within the frameworks

·    Business-focused criteria

·    Person-focused criteria

·    Decision balance sheet

·    Prototyping

·    Gary Mueller and Internet Securities, Inc. – selecting a venture to suit his needs

 

Chapter 6: Step Four - planning for implementation

·    Frederic Smith – overcoming the obstacles to Fedex

·    The importance of planning for implementation

·    Increasing the likelihood of successful implementation

·    The blocks to implementation

·    Techniques to identify blocks to implementation

·    Guiding principles for overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Practical examples of overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Milestone planning

·    Jollibee Foods Corporation – planning to beat a giant          

 

Appendix 1: Possible solutions to ambigious picture

Appendix 2: References:

Index
Publisher’s acknowledgements
Authors’ acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: The importance of developing strong ideas

·    James Dyson - using the idea development process to clean up

·    Demystifying the idea development process

·    Slaying the myth that entrepreneurs are born, not made

·    The four steps in the idea development process

·    And another thing: benefits of the idea development process

·    Call in the cavalry or do it yourself?

·    Sir Clive Sinclair and the C5 – the perils of a flawed process of idea development

     

 

Chapter 2: Applying creativity to the idea development process

·    Phil Knight and NIKE – combining logic and intuition into record-breaking success

·    Why is creativity a must?

·    Reconnect with your creativity

·    Creativity and the idea development process

·    Mastering whole-brain thinking

·    Ingvar Kamprad – using logic and intuition to break the mould with IKEA

 

Chapter 3: Step One - seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Amazon.com – shaping the internet opportunity

·    Don’t rush to headlong action

·    Give yourself time to develop alternatives

·    Treat your first business idea as purely tentative

·    Total immersion in the market

·    Fact-finding

·    Tools for seeking and shaping opportunities

·    Moving to Step Two – acknowledging Catch-22

·    Iridium – the imperfect solution to an opportunity which never existed?

 

Chapter 4: Step Two – generating new ideas

·    Howard Head – an analogical approach to business success

·    Eureka?

·    The Mind Gym: six mental workouts and their related routines

·    Ground-rules for productive mental workouts

·    Mental Workout One - Checklists

·    Mental Workout Two - Stimulus materials

·    Mental Workout Three - Combinations

·    Mental Workout Four – Free-association

·    Mental Workout Five - Analogical thinking

·    Mental Workout Six – Upside-down thinking

·    Moving to Step Three

·    Thomas Alva Edison – idea generator par excellence

 

Chapter 5: Step Three - evaluating and selecting ideas

·    Karan Bilimoria: brewing the criteria to achieve the “big one”

·    Evaluation allows development, not just selection

·    Two-phase screening process

·    Evaluation frameworks for screening ideas

·    Criteria to use within the frameworks

·    Business-focused criteria

·    Person-focused criteria

·    Decision balance sheet

·    Prototyping

·    Gary Mueller and Internet Securities, Inc. – selecting a venture to suit his needs

 

Chapter 6: Step Four - planning for implementation

·    Frederic Smith – overcoming the obstacles to Fedex

·    The importance of planning for implementation

·    Increasing the likelihood of successful implementation

·    The blocks to implementation

·    Techniques to identify blocks to implementation

·    Guiding principles for overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Practical examples of overcoming blocks to implementation

·    Milestone planning

·    Jollibee Foods Corporation – planning to beat a giant          

 

Appendix 1: Possible solutions to ambigious picture

Appendix 2: References:

Index
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