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Clayton Christensen

Steve Blank

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. They operated this way because their existing business models didn’t allow them to initially profit from those opportunities – so they ignored them – and continued to chase higher profitability in more-demanding segments. I never got to say thank you.

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A Conversation With John Bradberry, Author Of 6 Secrets To Startup Success (Part III)

YoungUpstarts

John Bradberry, the author of “ 6 Secrets to Startup Success “, spent over twenty years as a business advisor and strategist, and has improved the performance of more than a thousand leaders and hundreds of teams. In the startup phase, there is this healthy tension between the need to make things happen and the need for agility.