I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the major initiatives these companies face, the stakeholders must usually choose between the following:
Do it yourself
Get some help
This is often referred to as a Build vs. Buy scenario.
Building is when a company decides to use existing resources (or bring on new resources) to create some thing or acquire the capability it needs.
Bu...
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