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Ries did co-found a company in 2004 and that company is still around (14 years later). It’s not a unicorn, but it’s not dead either: https://www.crunchbase.com/
by sologoub 8y ago
Ries did co-found a company in 2004 and that company is still around (14 years later). It’s not a unicorn, but it’s not dead either: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/imvu https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/imvu
Many good methodologies can develop a cult-like following, not just in tech. The “Innovator's Dilemma” was largely that for business schools and MBAs. It doesn’t mean that you cannot apply the ideas postulated, but nothing is a panacea.
- bborud 8y agoI wouldn't know what role Christensen played for MBAs back when "Innovator's Dilemma" was published since I was strongly disinterested in business back then. But I don't think the two books and the two authors compare. Having read it and having dealt with a lot of MBAs in "large businesses in areas under disruption pressure"-settings in the last decade I'm not under the impression that it is a book that had much of an effect. Then again, the average MBA in big business isn't exactly a reader.
- ci5er 8y ago> [...] the average MBA in big business isn't exactly a reader. I've worked with several MBAs in big business[0]. They didn't seem illiterate. What prompts this comment/impression? [0] FWIW - I prefer them to the average MBA in VC.
- bborud 8y agoAlmost a decade working in a large firm where the top 2 to 4 layers of the company (depending on where you are) are almost exclusively people with business degrees. It is no joke. Most don’t keep up.