Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.
To be successful, innovation is not just about value creation, but value capture.
Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.
A dream with a deadline is a goal.
Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?
Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.
All Disruption starts with introspection.
The real challenge is for each of us to determine where we feel we can make the most impact.
A free and open Internet is a despot’s worst enemy.
Our world’s future is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.
At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic.
The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.
Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.
Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.
Crowdsourcing is the ultimate disruptor of distribution because in a most Zen-like fashion, the content is controlled by everyone and no one at the same time.
Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.
In life, you get what you believe you deserve.
There are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.
The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.
Success doesn’t teach as many lessons as failure.
There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn’t work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.