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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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Entrepreneurs, Be Careful to Avoid Penny Stock Scams

The Startup Magazine

By 1997, the company’s penny stocks were valued at $4.4 Investors typically purchase these stocks because they the demand for these stocks are huge. Companies that operate outside of the United States do not register the shares that they are selling to investors. This mining scam is one of the most famous mining scams.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. Working a full-time (and demanding) job, a home, school and life, in general, was no easy feat, so I chose to leave my corporate job to an academic job. 4- Started as a part-time work.

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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. Specifically, as incumbents focus on improving their products and services for their most demanding (and usually most profitable) customers, they exceed the needs of some segments and ignore the needs of others.

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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. Incumbents, chasing higher profitability in more-demanding segments, tend not to respond vigorously. Types of Disruptive Innovation.

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Glen McKay: From Newfoundland Fishing Boat Deckhand to Mining CEO

Hearpreneur

In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. At that time, the explosives business operated under the existing Newfoundland Hard-Rok division of MRO Supplies Ltd. Carl Foss and Keith Phelan take care of the operations side, while I handle finance and administration.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. But, for VCs, it’s different.

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