The Innovator's Dilemma

"Andy Grove's Only the Paranoid Survive is a great book on strategy as is The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen."

"A great book on strategy."

"All entrepreneurs should read."

"Other books that all entrepreneurs should read: 1) @MichaelEPorter, Competitive Strategy, 2) @geoffreyamoore Crossing the Chasm, 3) @claychristensen Innovator's Dilemma, and 4) @Jerry_Kaplan Startup"

"About how businesses get disrupted, and a lot of those themes are why startups can succeed and thrive even when there are big competitors who you would think would just wipe ’em out."

"Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma is the foundational read for managing disruptive innovation. Since then, Christensen, who was channeling Schumpeter, [the inventor of the term ‘creative destruction’], has bounced between arguing that innovation comes from startups and that innovation comes from corporations. The answer, of course, is that he is right in both cases."

"The foundational read for managing disruptive innovation."

"Taught me why it’s so hard to come up with a second hit."

"This was a formative read for me: it taught me why it’s so hard to come up with a second hit and why startups often have the advantage when creating curve-jumping innovation."

"Walter Isaacson said Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by this book."

"Jobs was deeply influenced by the book The Innovator's Dilemma."

"Read these three books: Crossing the Chasm, the Innovators Dilemma, and Behind the Cloud. These three combined, if you binge and read them all, you will come out ahead."

"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company."

"A must-read for entrepreneurs."

"[A] business classic."

"Mark Cuban's answer to "what's a book you always recommend?"

"On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile."

"Part of "Jeff's Reading List."

"One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

"An insightful analysis of changing technology and its importance to a company's future success."

"We often referenced [this book. A] thought-provoking [book] that validated our crusade."

"Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter."

"Everyone talks about it, I wonder how many people actually read it. You should actually read it."

"Really critical to understanding how this industry works."