book frameworks incumbents 
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts.
Revolution
MARCH 23, 2022
Startups are a Sustainability Accelerant: Unlike industry incumbents with slower, more outdated frameworks, startups often build with sustainability at the forefront of their business?—?even The finding allowed the company to expand its book-in-advance offering to give customers more options and freedom.
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Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Consider whether your startup is differentiating on pricing to compete with an incumbent, or if you’re selling a superior product at a premium, in which case using the same pricing model with higher fees reinforces your brand positioning. What should my unit of pricing be?
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 22, 2014
” In his book Antifragile, Taleb expands this theory to all of human development. The paper book will continue to flourish until the point the ebook takes over. Despite those flaws, both theories are incredibly useful as frameworks to describe industry dynamics. The Lindy Effect works until it doesn’t.
Unvalidated Learnings
JUNE 8, 2017
How An Algorithm Transformed The Music Industry And Created The Mobile & Social Web As the music industry recently announced its first annual revenue growth after 15 years of uninterrupted contraction, I thought it was a good time to share some of the things I learnt from reading Stephen Witt’s book How Music Got Free.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 29, 2014
This is the framework I’ve seen work well for freemium startups. The nature of sales processes is evolving as Daniel Pink eloquently argued in his book To Sell is Human. An ancillary benefit, freemium companies can draft behind the sales and marketing efforts of the incumbent behemoths.
OnStartups
JULY 7, 2021
Frameworks To Become A Billionaire. Or you don't do that that framework? Yeah, I have that framework. Sam: for me, yeah, I have that framework. And you can learn a lot of what you need just by reading the top three books on it and just practicing the craft, right? Because people don't love the incumbent right now.
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