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

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 overnight

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.

Ones that can't

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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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