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It immediately reminded me of the mini-mills example from Clayton Christensen's amazing talk on Disruptive Innovation link to this video
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Disruptive Innovation - Clayton Christensen (Part 2)
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- Recommended by 2 people: 2 on Hacker News.
- Presented by Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator's Dilemma
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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Clayton Christensen explains the mechanics of disruptive innovation using the steel industry's mini-mills to show how low-end challengers defeat incumbents.
In this part, Christensen uses the steel industry to help illustrate the process of Disruption, along with how it historically has nothing to do with stupid or bad management. Clayton Christensen - one of the authors of The Innovator's Dilemma - giving a talk on what is disruptive innovation, and how small startup companies can end up beating incumbents.Why it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a classic explanation of disruptive innovation and the economics behind how startups can successfully challenge established incumbents.
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…f customers and that's when the low end challenger has completely consumed the incumbent. I think much of this thread is a testament to the lower value customers being ignored. Things about how DO is much less complex, simpler and as a result cheaper. Here's part of a great talk from Christensen describing the same logic but in the Steel industry: link to this video…
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On “14 People Make 500K Tons of Steel a Year in Austria”
The economics behind this disruptive innovation in the steel industry were broken down really well by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen in his writings and this clip: link to this video