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Clayton Christensen

Steve Blank

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. The focus on sustaining products leaves an opening for new startups with “good enough” products (and willing to initially take lower profits) to enter underserved or unserved markets. Building better startups. I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening.

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. Next page: What Are You Buying Startups For? What Are You Buying Startups For? Companies keep buying startups with cool products, good ideas and talent.

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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.

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Tacking Towards Founder

Agile VC

I’m always thrilled to speak with undergraduates who are interested in startups. <3 years) company that began as a startup. Joining Microsoft in 1987 or Yahoo in 1997 or Google in 2005 or Facebook today still gives someone new to the professional world a lot of the exposure to the “startup” world.

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