Concepts and trends
The Disruptive Business Model
Did you know that most of the successful companies today have their roots in disruptive innovation? This means that they initially found their winning streak in a repressed market or a segment of dissatisfied customers, gradually expanding into the more valuable segment dominated by incumbent big players. iPhone, Airbnb, Uber are just a few examples. |
The Lean Startup
This is an increasingly popular and effective methodology aimed at shortening the development cycle of products and services and rapidly verify the viability of a proposed business model. Iterative product releases, validated learning, and hypothesis driven experiments to allow potential failings to fail fast, are the key elements making up such an approach. |
The "Valley of Death" and the "Chasm"
The Valley of Death refers to the period from landing the first investment to revenue generation with a healthy cashflow. It is mostly associated with the commercialisation stage of a business' lifecycle. The Chasm is Geoffrey Moore's description of the enormous gap over which high-tech companies need to cross between early adoptors and early majority who have distinctively different expectations. |
C&D vs R&D
Connect and Develop is an open innovation approach to product development originated by Procter & Gamble. Unlike the traditional arrangement of closed door R&D, C&D embraces the possibility of finding solutions outside the corporation and in turn gains faster speed to market and lowers the overall development cost. |
Links and tools
Writing a Business Plan?
Gov.UK recommended sites where Business Plan and Financial Forecast templates can be downloaded. You can also find business plan examples here.
Gov.UK recommended sites where Business Plan and Financial Forecast templates can be downloaded. You can also find business plan examples here.
Interllectual Property Protection
Intellectual Property Office carry out patent and trade mark searches, IP application; browse IP related articles
Intellectual Property Office carry out patent and trade mark searches, IP application; browse IP related articles
For Importers and Exporters
The Chinese National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System here you can do the basic due diligence on a Chinese company, ascertain their legal status, registration number, date of incorporation, share structure, key officials etc.
The Chinese National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System here you can do the basic due diligence on a Chinese company, ascertain their legal status, registration number, date of incorporation, share structure, key officials etc.