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The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton M. Christensen · 1997
Christensen's study of why successful incumbents can fail when disruptive technologies emerge.
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Innovator's Dilemma and Innovator's Solution helped me refine the notion of the Four types of Startup Markets.
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Steve Blank · accessed 2026-06-21 · accessed 2026-06-21
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Documented citation: The New Yorker reported that Grove held up The Innovator's Dilemma at COMDEX and called it the most important book he had read in ten years.
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The New Yorker · 2012-05-14 · accessed 2026-06-21
The New Yorker reports that Grove held up The Innovator's Dilemma at COMDEX and called it the most important book he had read in ten years.
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