Books like Competing Against Luck
12 books with a reading profile close to Competing Against Luck by Clayton M. Christensen. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
John Carreyrou chronicles the rise and collapse of Theranos, a biotech firm led by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed to revolutionize blood testing through proprietary Edison devices.
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Michael Moss investigates how multinational food corporations utilize laboratory science to maximize consumer consumption.
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Chris Anderson explains the shift from a hit-driven culture to a niche-driven economy enabled by digital distribution.
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
by Steven Levy
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Steven Levy narrates the internal evolution of Google from its origins as a Stanford research project to a global data empire.
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Geoffrey A.
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Microsoft Secrets
by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Michael A.
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Thomas L.
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Abundance
by Ezra Klein
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.
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The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Eric Ries argues that startups fail when they rely on traditional business plans and long-term market research to predict consumer behavior.
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Clayton Christensen explains why profitable, well-managed corporations lose their market dominance when faced with specific types of technological shifts.
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The Personal MBA
by Josh Kaufman
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Josh Kaufman argues that business competence depends on mastering a specific set of mental models rather than holding a graduate degree.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the day-by-day mechanics of the 2008 financial collapse, focusing on the frantic negotiations between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and the chief e…
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