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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

There are different types of disruptive innovations, according to Christensen: Low-end disruptions involve a new operating and/or financial approach with some combination of lower gross profit margins and higher asset utilization. Attractive returns are possible at the discounted prices needed to win business at the low end of the market.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Low-end disruptions involve a new operating and/or financial approach with some combination of lower gross profit margins and higher asset utilization. Netflix launched in 1997 and its service wasn’t appealing to most of Blockbuster’s customers, who rented movies on impulse. Types of Disruptive Innovation.

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Clayton Christensen

Steve Blank

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. Christensen, writing for a corporate audience, explained that there were two classes of products – sustaining and disruptive. Christensen changed the trajectory of my career and was the guide star for my work on innovation. I never got to say thank you.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. Audience questions: Q: When is a startup no longer a startup?

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I asked what the audience most needed to hear. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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How AI And Big Data Are Changing Century-Old Media Companies

YoungUpstarts

It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it. Real-time bidding and ad placement strategies have blown a hole in the idea of “building an audience and selling it.”.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. and Andersen, Eddie Cisneros has health care and start-up experience with GE Healthcare and Accolade, and three MDs are experienced practitioners and operators. Click here to buy tickets.