Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

At Uber, the idea for the business has been portrayed as this stroke of ingenuity, but I learned it was actually inspired by a product placement in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. I’ve covered tech for 20 years, so I’d interviewed people like Mark Zuckerberg and the Google founders early in their careers.

CEO 8

CEO Hotels Venture Capitalist Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. And that's the story I sling every time I walk into a meeting with film and TV executives.

Rogers 15

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. The results were amazing. Nothing about free fall is easy.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8