LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. It’s a little more complicated than a five forces matrix or the Everett Rogers’ normal curve, diffusion and innovation curve. DAVID: Yeah.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

As we grew, I knew it would be very difficult to continue to create the breakthrough innovations that had led to Medtronic's high growth rate, which had exceeded 18% per annum for a decade. Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2012

This kind of process can help successfully move an idea from a Post-It note to the market. I sit on the Investment Committee, along with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, primarily getting involved when we are getting close to a big decision about a current or potential portfolio company. What does that actually mean in practice?

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Stage-Gate Due Diligence Disruptive Innovation Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Making big bets on emerging technologies and uncertain markets is never a straightforward proposition; doing so in direct competition with much bigger and more sustained Chinese bets is downright suicidal. How can the United States achieve a better record in the future? The ARPA-E program is a great first step in this direction.

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Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

. • Amazon Kindle — disrupting the paper book format and paper book retailers. CreateSpace — a self-publishing solution that disrupts traditional publishing houses. Kindle Fire Tablet — a new market disruption enabled by business model innovation.

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Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 12