2011 Christensen Finance Succession 
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. Does your organization focus more on process than success? Are any of your executives thought leaders? Are employees who point out problems looked down upon?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 16, 2011
In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 Clayton Christensen would agree with the intuition that Groupon displays but ignores: businesses should become profitable before they become big. Finally, reaching profitability quickly ensures that when outside financing dries up, the venture can succeed on its own.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2012
Michael Mauboussin doesn't write about innovation, but his clear writing that blends finance, strategy, and psychology puts him on my list. The duo (who are affiliated with Innosight) wrote a great book with Clayton Christensen last year called The Innovator's DNA. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , is a must read. Peter Sims.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 21, 2011
To paraphrase from "The Music Man," I am a sadder but definitely a wiser girl after this first encounter with venture financing, as this experience has become a well of lessons from which I draw daily in my personal and professional life. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money. It was devastating. Lesson 1: Set clear boundaries.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 8, 2017
But when you look more deeply into whether those organizations are truly redefining what they are and what they do, stories of successful change efforts are exceptionally rare. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? Scott Cook , founder and chairman of Intuit.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date. Demand response, grid management, solar financing and installation, and electric vehicle infrastructure companies might fit this bill.
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