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To become successful as a startup founder: copy everything you can and only invent what you must

To become successful as a startup founder: copy everything you can and only invent what you must

JimMcKelvey – The innovation stack

The book is exactly what it tries to avoid: being just another entertaining founder story (in this case about Square).

As an incumbent, organize disruptive innovation away from your core business

As an incumbent, organize disruptive innovation away from your core business

Clayton Christensen – The innovator’s dilemma

The history of disc drives and mechanical excavators showcases how difficult it is for incumbents to come out on top when technological innovation hits your market.

Ben Horowitz – The hard thing about hard things

Ben Horowitz – The hard thing about hard things

In the end no-one but the founder-CEO really cares how difficult it is to do the right thing for your start-up.

Comfortingly desillusional perspective on entrepreneurship, with reassuring insights like: “No one cares.”

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