How to Think Like an Analyst: Boston dinner with Josh Bernoff on November 15

Josh Bernoff will speak at a dinner organized for analysts and Analyst Relations professionals in Boston, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th. The event is timed for analyst relations managers attending

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Spokespeople lose analysts’ trust if they cannot discuss business models

Over the last few weeks, my colleagues and I have been interviewing industry analysts about business models. After reviewing the results from the summer Analyst Attitude Survey, we found that

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Vendors wanted analysts’ attention: You won’t believe what they did at the airport!

Industry analysts could help their users to make better choices if they had diverse research lenses, for example looking more deeply into fundamental research, vertical markets, new business models, hidden

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IoT is not technology, but vision

Our recent article on IoT prompted a rejoinder from Saverio Romeo, Chief Research Officer at Beecham Research and visiting fellow at the Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research at the

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IoT analysts: focus, but look for new market opportunities

Analysts and advisors following the Internet of Things (IoT) see many aspects to the sector’s massive underlying growth opportunity. We’ve taken a look at some of the early responses to

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Microsoft layoffs: Can Seattle learn from Blackberry?

An ‘anchor’ tech employer, like Microsoft in Washington State or Nokia in Southern Finland, produces great opportunities for a region but also big risks. Microsoft and Nokia’s announcements of further

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500 analysts say innovation, markets & value challenge major vendors

Almost 500 industry influencers have already taken our Analyst/Advisor Attitude Survey, which closes this week. Their responses reveal analysts’ deepening future orientation. They told us that the three main challenges

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Does location matter for Cool Vendors?

Looking through the responses for our survey of Cool Vendors, It’s interesting to see how location matters. We invited every firm that won the Cool Vendor award over a five year

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