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Out Quotes by Clayton Christensen

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If you’ve ever felt on the edge of a market or a career, these nine snippets from Christensen give a quick pulse on why stepping out can be both risky and rewarding. They’re a brief, focused glimpse into his thinking, perfect for a fast read when you need a spark.

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In an environment where you've got to push innovations out the door fast and keep the cost of innovation low, the probability…

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People have an idol they want to be like and try to follow what the idols did. But when you do, you…

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Companies, in fact, are specifically organized to under-invest in disruptive innovations! This is one reason why we often suggest that companies set…

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While I wouldn't say that most entrepreneurs find it easy to get funding, there are certainly more people out there funding technology…

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We all have jobs in our lives that we must get done. We reach out and bring products into our lives to…

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Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process…

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No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a…

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I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as…

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India's prosperity is sectioned by geography, such as in Bangalore, where the information technology industry is prominent. Because they have a conduit…

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Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.

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What you need is a fundamental humility - the belief that you can learn from anyone.

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This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.

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At the beginning of almost every industry, the available products and services are so expensive to own and complicated to use that only people…

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Management has to provide the coordinating mechanism between what the supplier provides and what the user needs in not-good-enough situations where product architecture is…

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When you're thinking about your next product or current product and wondering how to make it different so you don't have competition, understand the…

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