Burst
Clayton Christensen's 1997 blueprint on how small startups dethrone massive tech giants.
The
Innovator's Dilemma
— Why Good Management Fails (3/5)
Burst
PART
3/5
Part—3
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Disrupters reach
the “S-Curve”
the “S-Curve”
Curved Dotted Line
By then,
too late.
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Steal
the core
✔
Enter
mainstream
✔
Become
"good enough"
✔
Almost overnight
Almost o
vernight
Too little.
Too late.
can't react.
can't react.
Incumbents
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short span.
All in a
Arrow
Leadership gone.
Arrow
Market lost.
Customers are the problem
The
Trap
customers.
Listen to
"Good management"
says:
Deliver what
they want.
Maximize profits.
Arrow
Customers
want
better,
not different.
Better.
Cheaper.
More.
Now.
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Don't
need it.
Not just yet.
reject disruption.
Existing
customers
reject disruption.
Existing
customers
Incumbents
continues.
The loop
obey.
afford premium.
afford premium.
Ones
that can't
Scribbled Underline 2
new
segments.
new
segments.
Disruptors target
Ones
that don't
need all features.
climb faster.
Disruptors
Incumbents climb.
winning.
they start
that is
And
where
where
The paradox of success
The Dilemma
Continued in Part—4
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