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Dell explains how process is critical for organizing large numbers of people in a company, particular if it has grown rapidly. As part of its business development process, the company allows anyone to get involved in improving things they see could be done better. These improvements can be shared easily across the world, says Dell.
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How big is the problem? And how large is the opportunity to solve it? Mir Imran, parallel entrepreneur and CEO of InCube Labs, says that 90 percent of business concept development is simply understanding what's wrong with the status quo. One needn't start out as an expert, says Imran, but the savvy entrepreneur needs to know how to perform deeply probing research.
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Kaplan talks about how roles change within a company when a transition from R&D happens. A vice president of sales when you are trying to get 3 test customers is not a good executive if you are planning to expand to different regions and have a large sales force, he says. You must keep in mind that when transitioning and scaling up, you might have to change management and get in the heavy hitters with experience, he adds.
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A large amount of time is spent in the hiring process at Google because the company is serious about employing only the very best people. Because of the high profile of the company, they receive over a thousand resumes a day, according to co-founder Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt. Many hires result from these resumes, but only after comprehensive reference checks.
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Set your business model sights to large. Think globally, use multiple languages, and build your software products to be scalable. Not only will this improve your own company's growth, says Google Analytics' Group Product Marketing Manager Brett Crosby, but it makes you a more appealing fit for acquisition by a larger player.
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Wallace describes the various steps he takes at KLA-Tencor to ensure that their technology doesn't get outdated by a fresh start-up. He discusses a unique organizational structure that fosters growth and innovation, an investment arm of the company which monitors start-ups, and large financial barriers to entry.
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Stephanie Keller-Bottom, Director of Nokia Innovent, discusses how companies need to collaborate to bring their products to the market. She talks about the value that entrepreneurs bring to large companies as they understand the importance of collaboration in order to leverage resources.
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Dell explains where he would look to start a new company. According to him, there are many companies that are slow to innovate. He would focus on a creating a company in a large, fast-growing, yet inefficient industry that is not keeping pace with change.
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Reedy explains that eBay has 670 million page views a day, 120 million searches, and 4 billion database calls. She talks about how eBay uses a special platform to handle this large volume.
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Limit theorems, Markovs inequality theorem, Chebyshevs inequality theorem, Law of large numbers.
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Carol Bartz, president and CEO of Autodesk, Inc., argues that entrepreneurship is more important in large companies. The companies that survive do so because they know how to innovate, take risks, and reward risk-taking organizational behavior and structure.
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Limit theorems, Markovs inequality theorem, Chebyshevs inequality theorem, Law of large numbers.
