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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. Because this strategy entails making a better product that they can sell for higher profit margins to their best customers, the established competitors have powerful motivations to fight sustaining battles.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Scholar and innovation expert Clayton Christensen explains it this way: A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. When mainstream customers start adopting the entrants’ offerings in volume, disruption has occurred. And they have the resources to win.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S.

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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. We invest in Code for America (“Peace Corps for Geeks”).

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

As an early employee I worked all hours of the day, never hesitated to jump on a “ red-eye ” plane to see a customer at the drop of a hat, and did what was necessary to make the company a winner. What is your advice to someone who has financial strain due to a startup? The Adventure of a Lifetime. I now have 6yr old and 3yr old boys.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

05:00 PM: Eight Ways to Deal with Bastards – If 99% of your customers are fantastic, you’re still going to deal with bastards. 11:00 AM: The Yelp Effect: When Everyone’s A Restaurant Critic 19B – Nowadays, with restaurant blogs and sites like Yelp and Chowhound, everyone is a restaurant reviewer.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I started focusing on more women in leadership position years ago. And yeah, again, as you know, and that's a turn on for customers. Duct Tape Transcript.