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R&D is increasingly where value is won or lost in PE-backed technology, but the levers that worked historically are beginning to show...
Ross Engelhardt
Director, AlixPartners
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It's no secret that AI features are springing up everywhere, yet achieving meaningful ROI from AI investments in Research and Development...
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The traditional private equity (PE) toolkit, which focuses on leanness and cost optimization, doesn’t lend itself to research and...
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Many of the commercial and operational challenges product companies face can be attributed to a single root cause: their priorities are...
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It’s hard to think of an idea that’s been as impactful and as long-lasting as Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Proposed in 1943 in a...
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Digitization is driving change in every business. More transformational investments are now funded than ever before, as companies that...
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Over the last decade, product companies across industries have increasingly shifted to XaaS business models. While this journey...
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Product executives have a lot to focus on – business outcomes, user satisfaction, partnering with engineering, and influencing...