Pivoting: Page 5
How (and Why) to Pivot From Services to Products
Service businesses have an inherent flaw: they're hard to scale. It's far easier to build and grow a sustainable product business.
How to Prepare for a Pivot
When changing course, the last thing you want to do is set the team off on a wild goose chase or take a situation from bad to worse.
5 Reasons Why Pivots Are Crucial to Today's Businesses
A change in focus can lead to great things by bringing in new customers or providing a much need kick in the pants.
Why It's Time to Rethink Your Content Marketing Strategy
With more and more companies jumping on the content-marketing bandwagon, consumers are getting overwhelmed with too much information online. Entrepreneurs now need to revisit their strategy to stay ahead of the curve.
How Much Can Your Startup Really Grow? Do Your Homework.
You must analyze the market and the opportunity to see if you should move forward, or pivot.
2 Risky Pivots You Probably Haven't Heard About
Steve Jobs wasn't right about everything. Sometimes, you really need to listen to what people want.
Controversial Reservation 'Scalping' Site Rethinks Its Mission
A startup that allows customers to pay for restaurant reservations is doing a 'soft pivot' following outrage from the restaurant industry.
3 Rules for Making a Successful Pivot
When the market is changing, you don't survive staying the same but how you adapt is just as important.
The 1 Thing That Can Save Your Sinking Startup
Getting off on a bad foot is not fatal for young companies. Serial-entrepreneur Steve Blank explains how a pivot can turn things around.
How to Know When to Change Direction
There's something to be said for stick-with-it-ness, but most entrepreneurs stick with flawed ideas and plans way longer than they should.
Let's Help Companies Die Faster and Reincarnate Sooner
Not every ailing organizations can adapt. It might be better to help them die gracefully to emerge relevant later.
Ancient Yoga Has Lessons for Modern Entrepreneurs
The intriguing flexibility of the skilled yogi relies on a powerful core. Your business also needs both to thrive.
The Lie Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves and Others
Entrepreneurs often seem like they are so put together – their plan is on target, they are doing amazing and life couldn't be better. But many times that couldn't be further from the truth. And that is okay.
How a Rebrand Helped Spice Up This Cal-Mex Chain
By pivoting its brand strategy, CalTort has managed to stay competitive with Chipotle, Moe's and other franchises. Here is what you can learn from them.
How Changing Gears Stopped My Startup From Failing
For our series The Grind, the founder of Practice Makes Perfect discusses how pivoting helped him not fall into the category of failures.