Clayton Christensen's 1997 blueprint on how small startups dethrone massive tech giants.
The
Innovator's Dilemma
— Why Good Management Fails (2/4)
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Two
Paths
:
Same
market.
Better products.
(1) Sustaining —
Two
Paths
:
New
market.
Cheaper products.
(2) Disruptive —
starts worse.
starts worse.
Disruptive
Disruptive
Simpler.
Cheaper.
Poorer performance.
Fringe customers.
Fringe customers.
Poorer performance.
Cheaper.
Simpler.
Not good enough
Low margins
Small market
Incumbents ignore it.
Incumbents ignore it.
Squiggly Line
Continue chasing
sustaining innovation.
The
one that
actually pays.
Scribbled Underline
Overserve
the top tier.
The safe move.
It feels right.
Disruptors start
where
incumbents
won't
look.
Largely ignored.
Largely ignored.
No margin.
No margin.
Low end.
Low end.
How disruptors steal the core.
The Upward March
Month-on-Month.
BUT consistently
Disruptors improve
quietly.
Disruptors improve
quietly.
Squiggly Line
Organic growth.
More value over
more features.
Steady
rise.
When suddenly one day,
they reach
the “S-Curve”
the “S-Curve”
Curved Dotted Line
acceleration.
rapid
The point of
success”
“overnight
moment
The
of
of
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