Management Presentation: EiR commercialization of disruptive innovation

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Crisis as a chance from an entrepreneurs point
of view. Thomas Aidan Curran.
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1990
2000
2008
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Dot Com Bubble
First Gulf War
Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Graph Ifo World Economic Climate arithmetic
mean of judgement about the present and expected
economic situation(Ifo World Economic Survey
(WES) II/2009)
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1990
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1990

• Partner (MS) con-solidates market, cuts off
  oxygen
• People run scared and leave company stranded
• Do not run out of money

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2000
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Lessons learned
Strategic investors strategy was best for his
business
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2008

• Technological vs. financial equity
• Balanced approach to young businesses
• Hands on management vs. scale of portfolio

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2008
Lessons learned

• Shaping the industry
• Scale many small technology companies dont add
  up to one big company

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2009
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2009
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Thank you
Thomas Aidan Curran Chief Technology
Officer Products Innovation Deutsche Telekom AG
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