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The GuruBook

Leading Blog

But here are several that I found interesting my first time through the book: Steve Blank: Startups Are Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company. The corollary for an enterprise is as follows: A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model. Danny Lange: Becoming Truly Data Driven.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions.

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3 Changes Retailers Need to Make to Survive

Harvard Business Review

Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Insight center.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Whitney Johnson – Author of the critically acclaimed: Disrupt Yourself. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Forbes – #1 Leader in Retail. Garry Ridge – CEO, WD-40 Company. Former CEO, Covestor and CircleLending.

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Case Study: Can Retailers Win Back Shoppers Who Browse then Buy Online?

Harvard Business Review

If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and e-mail address. ” After the usual pleasantries, Bertice jumped right in: “Showrooming is a serious problem for most retailers, but particularly those of us in electronics.

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What Markets Do and Don’t Get About Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In 2007, Clayton Christensen co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a hedge fund devoted to investing in disruptive companies. The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others.

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What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

No industry is failing faster than retail. Just last month, the 125-year-old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer— filed for bankruptcy. That’s why P&G has been restructuring for 20 years “ without much to show for it ,” according to one former finance manager.

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