Strategy & Innovation
Do you have a profitable product idea but are unsure how to build it or bring it to market?
Sometimes an organization’s products no longer fit with the state of the market, or a product is too complex and is being beaten out by far nimbler offerings. Other times, company leaders want to invest in a more profitable product idea but don’t have the team, the knowledge, or the bandwidth to make it happen quickly enough. Don’t let these details stop innovation before it gets started.
Ten Mile Square can help you work through your business-to-technology workflows, provide an outsourced R&D lab or act as an interim CTO that can bring innovation to your front door. Innovate and accelerate your speed to market so products launch in weeks versus months.
Ten Mile Square can help you work through your business-to-technology workflows, provide an outsourced R&D lab or act as an interim CTO that can bring innovation to your front door. Innovate and accelerate your speed to market so products launch in weeks versus months.
SOFTWARE PLATFORM STRATEGY
“Ten Mile Square worked with us to create a strategy that was right for the market and stood the test of time. They blended well with our culture and served as a critical advisor for me and my entire team. They helped us work through a lot of high-pressure situations successfully and provided important input that led us to our sale to IBM.”
– JAMES SCHELLHASE, CEO, STOREDIQ
– JAMES SCHELLHASE, CEO, STOREDIQ
Creating a Long-Term Platform Strategy
Ten Mile Square helped enterprise software company, StoredIQ, decide whether to focus on short-term ins or invest in a longer-term broader platform strategy:
- Crafted a durable platform-focused strategy that positioned StoredIQ as the market leader in terms of scalability, performance, and reliability in ILM
- Created a strategic planning process to clearly articulate the company’s short, medium, and long-term goals and operational milestones
- Worked with management team members on quarterly and annual plans for their departments
- Worked with the CEO and Board of Directors on key issues involving strategy, outside investment, and the potential sale of the company
Setting Up a Targeted Acquisition Strategy
$4B TV & MEDIA COMPANY
Ten Mile Square helped a large $4.3B TV and media company with technical due diligence on key acquisition targets:
- Gave a 360 degree objective, technical opinion of target acquisitions, including infrastructure, quality of the code base, software engineering process, product development process, technical deployment process, and security
- Led to restructuring deals and identifying key engineering personnel to retain
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Product Management & Delivery Checklist
- Do you have a billion-dollar idea that you lack resources and skillsets to create?
- Do you have feature enhancements that are taking months instead of weeks to deliver?
- Do you have a gap in your technical leadership? Do you need a CTO but can’t afford to hire one full time?
- Is your technical debt way too high?
Can you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions? If so, contact Ten Mile Square today to hear how we can help you meet your strategic and technological needs.