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Anousheh Ansari is the Chief Executive Officer of XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Anousheh’s family sponsored the first XPRIZE, which sparked the private space industry by offering $10 million for the first private organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. She is also well-known for being the first female private space explorer, the first astronaut of Iranian descent, the first muslim woman in space, and the fourth private explorer to visit space.” Prior to joining XPRIZE, Anousheh was CEO at Prodea Systems, an IoT company she co-founded in 2006.

450: XPRIZE Foundation CEO Anousheh Ansari discusses XPRIZE’s Pandemic Alliance, a global coalition of corporate, academic, and non-governmental partners focused on accelerating solutions to the coronavirus pandemic. In the short-term, that means expanding visibility into solutions underway in areas such as remote care and access to testing. We also discuss the XPRIZE Data Collaborative which provides access to exclusive data sets and AI capabilities, how XPRIZE facilitates resource and idea sharing between alliance members, and why XPRIZE is well positioned to bring together uncommon partners to tackle this historic challenge.

Pilot the shift with mature teams

The shift to a new funding model will be highly visible to all business leaders. To create the greatest chance of success, focus on selecting the right teams to trial the shift. The best candidates for early adoption are high-performing teams that know their roles in the product operating model, have strong credibility with business unit stakeholders, and experience continuous demand. In our work with large organizations piloting this shift, e-commerce teams often fit the mold because they have a clear business stakeholder and have developed the skills and relationships needed to succeed in a product-based model. Customer success teams with direct influence on the growth and longevity of recurring revenue streams are also strong candidates as their solutions (such as customer portals and knowledge bases) directly influence the degree to which a customer adopts, expands, and renews a subscription product

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