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Kut Akdogan

Kut Akdogan

Welcome to HERO

Hi there. It’s about time you met HERO.

Feb 18, 2022

Welcome to HERO

Feb 18, 2022

Kut Akdogan

How is a Differentiation Strategy Profitable?

In a previous article, we provided a clear definition for differentiation strategy, and described how there are primarily two…

Feb 16, 2022

How is a Differentiation Strategy Profitable?

Feb 16, 2022

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What is Differentiation Strategy? (Broad vs. Focused)

For an organization, one of the hardest problems to solve is standing out from your competitors. But how does management strategically…

Feb 9, 2022

What is Differentiation Strategy? (Broad vs. Focused)

Feb 9, 2022

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Why Customer Needs Are Important

Understanding and formalizing what your customers truly need is vital to your product success

Feb 3, 2022

Why Customer Needs Are Important

Feb 3, 2022

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What Makes a Strategy Strong?

While execs overwhelmingly agree that strategy is critical, it’s often hard to know how effective a strategy is until years later.

Dec 27, 2021

What Makes a Strategy Strong?

Dec 27, 2021

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Why Companies Hire Strategy Consultants

Consulting is an enormous industry. Depending on who you ask, it’s between $250B and $900B globally, of which more than half is management…

Oct 28, 2021

Why Companies Hire Strategy Consultants

Oct 28, 2021

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Why the “Rate of Learning” is a Critical Metric for Innovation

Creating is hard. Innovation is like trying to find the top of a mountain surrounded by thick fog-we stumble around blindly, with no proof…

Mar 3, 2021

Why the “Rate of Learning” is a Critical Metric for Innovation

Mar 3, 2021

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Why building products is hard, according to product managers and leaders

Product management as a discipline is continually evolving, and nascent compared to more mature company functions like sales. Despite this…

Aug 18, 2020

Why building products is hard, according to product managers and leaders

Aug 18, 2020

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“Blitzscaling” startups

Hmph. I’m just not on board with the widespread use of “blitzscaling,” the startup growth philosophy popularized by Reid Hoffman and Chris…

Apr 10, 2019

“Blitzscaling” startups

Apr 10, 2019

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Taking over space

We have always had a timid and deferential approach to space.

Nov 10, 2016

Taking over space

Nov 10, 2016

Kut Akdogan

Kut Akdogan

I’m the managing partner of Gaussian, a technology holding company that both builds and advises nimble B2B companies.

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