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The Critical Path #137: The Inception
Can we measure the time between inception of an idea and the disruption it later causes in the market? Startups are there to discover a job nobody sees yet but not all laboratory experiments make it to commercialization. Horace and Anders discuss the timing of disruption and look at Bitcoin as an example. via 5by5 Continue reading
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The Critical Path #136: An Interview about The Interview
Moisés Chiullan returns to join Horace Dediu in a discussion of the film “The Interview”. Could the unique circumstances surrounding this film spur a renaissance in content creation in Hollywood? via 5by5 | The Critical Path #136: An Interview about The Interview. Continue reading
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The Monopolist
When the Apple Watch will begin sales, there will have been dozens of “smart watches” released. At CES this week at least 56 “wearables” were on display. One could be forgiven for thinking that Apple’s Watch will compete with at least that many alternatives. Those alternatives don’t even include the entire existing mechanical and electronic watch market, which, Continue reading
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The 2015 “Sleeper Ideas” List: Trends, Stocks, And Private Companies To Watch – Forbes
My choices: 1. Cyanogen. This company should develop a credible path for AOSP (non-Google Android) especially in India. I expect a lot of traction as OEMs who embrace Android reject Google. 2. iPad. Not as a consumer product but for the Enterprise. The iPad grows up into a solid product for business while being replaced Continue reading
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Biggest news of 2014
As corporate romances go, IBM and Apple’s must rank among the most unexpected. As I wrote on the date they changed their Facebook status, the two companies were antagonists for the better part of twenty years and their rapprochement was met with a shrug mostly because yet more decades passed since. Nostalgia aside, this new union is profoundly Continue reading
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Asymcar 20: Iconic Design
I recall details of a recent Tesla Model S test drive while evaluating their innovation on jobs to be done, form factor, design, production methods and their business model. (Also, other goings on with Uber, BMW and Porsche). via Asymcar | Learn about the future of the automobile. Continue reading
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The Critical Path #135: Fruit Fly Analysis
Horace outlines his work at The Clayton Christensen Institute and sets out a number of topics for upcoming shows. We also revisit YouTube and the art of self promotion. via 5by5 | The Critical Path #135: Fruit Fly Analysis. Continue reading
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The Innovator’s Stopwatch. Part 2
The adoption curve has been used to categorize adopters into groups by their behavior: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards. This categorization asserts that adoption is function of psychology, or the likelihood of people to act or react within social systems. [Rogers first edition 1962] It’s a compelling model and has been proposed as Continue reading
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The Innovator’s Stopwatch. Part 1
At the end of October 2014 about 73% of US mobile users owned a smartphone. In March of 2005 2% of US mobile users owned a smartphone (comScore). In absolute terms the number of users increased from about 4 million to 176 million and these 172 million new users were added in less than one decade. Remarkable as Continue reading
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The Critical Path #134: Chief Jobs Officer
Turning our focus back to “Jobs to be Done” theory, we look at how producers can exceed the expectations of consumers and the role of the focus group from a “Jobs to be Done” perspective. We examine “Jobs to be Done” as an essential core of the product development process. Where does this kind of thinking Continue reading
