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Is Tesla Really a Disruptor? (And Why the Answer Matters)

Harvard Business Review

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation. For one thing, it’s not clear what disruptive technology the company is offering. car manufacturer and all but three worldwide.

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Creating a Future for (American) Cleantech

Harvard Business Review

It was only a few years ago that Governor Deval Patrick poured some $58 million into the company and their much-lauded breakthrough solar technology (String Ribbon). By focusing on a straightforward insight: truly transformative industrial changes aren't driven by technologies replacing technologies , but by systems replacing systems.

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Disrupt Yourself

Harvard Business Review

Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track. The term "disruptive innovation" has become an industry buzzword. It's a similar story when you contemplate disrupting yourself mid-career.

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When “Scratch Your Own Itch” Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter. And you can use this knowledge to avoid much of the market risk in building a new product. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship'

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How Big Companies Should Innovate

Harvard Business Review

If the odds were 99:1 against breakthrough innovation inside the mature company, we'd still see leaders chasing after that golden ring. So how do you empower your corporate innovators to bring their ideas to market? But when it comes to innovation, it must be approached even more thoughtfully. He was completely right.

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The Right and Wrong Ways to Regulate Self-Driving Cars

Harvard Business Review

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

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On Undo's Undue Importance

Harvard Business Review

Every few years the same piece of technology gets re-announced, and it's as important as ever. Its appearance marks a markets' phase transition from early adopters to mega-profits. Undo matters, in other words, because its appearance almost always signals that a market has gone from fringe to mainstream, with profits set to follow.