In Technology, Small Fish Almost Always Eat Big Fish

Re:In Technology, Small Fish Almost Always Eat Big Fish by jasode on Friday July 10, 2015 @06:36AM (#9863161)

This post seems like a restatement of "The Innovator's Dilemma"[1] by Clayton Christensen.

A new product that serves a market that is initially small but growing is ignored by the established company. The established company is conditioned to focus on their current customers' needs instead of imagining that future customers of a product they don't currently make could be a much bigger market.

A Stanford prof like Mark Leslie would presumably be well-read and therefore be aware of Clayton Christensen's popular book. He should explicitly state where his thesis differs from, or is more refined than, The Innovator's Dilemma.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma

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Re:In Technology, Small Fish Almost Always Eat Big Fish by tchock23 on Friday July 10, 2015 @09:23AM (#9863759)

That was my first thought as well. This is a blatant rip off of the theory of disruptive innovations put forth by Clayton Christensen many years ago.

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Re:In Technology, Small Fish Almost Always Eat Big Fish by louprado on Friday July 10, 2015 @10:24AM (#9864089)

Or Gandhi's quote: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

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Re:In Technology, Small Fish Almost Always Eat Big Fish by calpaterson on Friday July 10, 2015 @10:00AM (#9863967)

It's such a close and direct restatement that it seems a little like plagiarism

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