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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PART 2/4

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.

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Continue chasing

sustaining innovation.

The one that

actually pays.

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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.

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Organic growth.

More value over

more features.

Steady rise.

When suddenly one day,

they reach

the “S-Curve”

the “S-Curve”

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acceleration.

rapid

The point of

success”

“overnight

moment

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of

Continued in Part—3

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