N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you entered a new market?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

What I see is the opposite – incredible innovation in products, services, processes and business models. That’s what makes the annual BIF conference so important: 30 plus stories of amazing, cool, disruptive, transformative innovation models. It’s just not in the mainstream media. Lesson: Generosity feeds the Soul.

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Blanchard Video Venture Funding Innovation 124

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. What really struck me is that both Xerox and Waste Management are doing something mostly unheard of: they're working with customers to help them use less of their traditional product or service.

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Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2013

Other new features announced at Apple''s World Wide Developers Conference Monday, such as the iOS 7 and Mavericks operating systems, had a bit more actual newness to them. Can''t innovate anymore, my ass," senior VP of product marketing Phil Schiller declared Monday after unveiling Apple''s new Mac Pro.

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Schiller Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2016

On a recent business trip to London, I surprised the conference organizers by turning down the opportunity to stay at the posh hotel hosting the conference in favor of a rather modest Airbnb flat. Too many companies focus on making their products better and better without ever understanding why customers make the choices they do.

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Hotels Christensen Competitive Advantage Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

. • Kindle Fire Tablet — a new market disruption enabled by business model innovation. On the conference call, Szkutak explained that significant capacity investments are being made in distribution centers so Amazon can continue to grow its core retail business. Which begs the question, should Amazon really be punished for this?

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Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

According to Professor Clayton Christensen's jobs-to-be-done framework, whenever we buy something, we are hiring the product or service to do a job. At a recent industry conference, Bill Reichert , managing director of Garage Technology Ventures opined, "VCs do not invest with their brains. Kim previously -- and made money.

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Venture Capitalist Christensen Entrepreneur Sports 14