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Category archives: Pivots
When to Pivot Your Business — and When You Should Just Quit
Winners never quit, but they do cut their losses while there is still something to salvage.
4 Things I Learned From Pivoting My Entire Business Toward Marketing ICOs
An Entrepreneur contributor talks about risk and reward, which don’t always come as a pair.
Is Pivoting a Last-Ditch Effort or a Sound Business Strategy?
Pivots, it turns out, are fairly common. One VC cited 17 pivots among the 26 companies he’s invested in.
5 Big Brands That Had Massively Successful Pivots
YouTube, Slack, Yelp, Shopify and Groupon weren’t always the giant successes they are today.
How to Get Your Team Onboard When Accomplishing Your Mission Means Setting a New Course
When your company needs to pivot to keep up with the changing world, getting your team to embrace and enact your new focus is crucial.
The Founder Behind Furniture-Maker Poppin Explains Why The Company Needed to Transform Itself
After realizing it was selling to the wrong customer, the company had to change its brand voice, marketing, products and supply chain.
When This Ticket Scalper Couldn’t Find Work, He Made His Own Ticket Business
Need a ticket printed? Now he’s your man.
Ice Cream Company Dippin’ Dots Will Use Its Freezing Tech for Cryogenics
The company best known for its ‘beaded’ ice cream will sell its equipment to other industries.
Pivot or Die: How One Travel Company Finally Hit Its Stride
When Tripping.com’s customer base wasn’t interested in buying what it planned to sell, the company had to find a new model — and let go of the past.