Accelerated Disruption: Understanding the True Speed of Innovation - Hardcover

Lefkofsky, Eric

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ISBN 10: 0979824826 ISBN 13: 9780979824821

Publisher: Easton Studio Press, 2007

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Disruptive businesses are born every day. Someone has a great idea that offers a better choice in terms of price, convenience, service or functionality, and for a moment, they hold the keys to the remaking of an entire industry.

Yet many of these businesses let advantage slip through their hands over time because they fail to realize that the fast pace of technology allows a challenge to come from anywhere - large competitors or startups -- and overtake them in an instant.

This is Accelerated Disruption. It is business development moving at the speed of the next technological advancement. Businesses that can understand and control the forces of technology will thrive in the coming years. Those that cannot will find themselves displaced.

Accelerated Disruption deals with the following critical startup concepts and more:

* Choosing the right industries to innovate

* Understanding the concept of pain in an industry and turning it to competitive advantage

* Using the strength of conventional wisdom to investigate a disruptive idea and test it under the radar

* Getting the best out of your people through smart automation

* Turning your customer base into a sophisticated R&D team

* Mastering the art of quick-release product improvements

* Promoting your idea in the face of industry and investor resistance

* Developing a capital strategy that supports your business during critical stages of development

Author Eric Lefkofsky, a Chicago entrepreneur who helped found five technology startups worth more than a billion dollars, explains how disruptive businesses are formed, grown and sustained and provides an intellectual and conceptual framework for making your idea a reality.

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Praise for Accelerated Disruption

"I have had the good fortune during my career to work with many business visionaries, and Eric Lefkofsky stands apart for his grasp of technology-enabled innovation and his insights into industry dynamics -- all of which are captured in Accelerated Disruption. This is essential reading for anyone looking to energize, and ultimately to transform, their business." John R. Walter, Retired Chairman, President and CEO, RR Donnelley & Sons Company; Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, AT&T

"Accelerated Disruption is a roadmap on how to leverage a smart idea and technology to successfully grow businesses and create distinct competitive advantage in traditional industries. Every industry in America should take notice, as Eric Lefkofsky and his partners have proven that his approach works." Jack M. Greenberg, Chairman, Western Union; Retired Chairman & CEO, McDonald's Corporation

"Eric Lefkofsky has taken his very successful methodology for developing new competitive companies in slow-growing industries and put them down in writing. The resulting book, Accelerated Disruption, is a must-read for those who want to learn from an accomplished entrepreneur how to take an idea and make it a successful enterprise." Samuel K. Skinner, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of USF Corporation; Former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush; Former Secretary of Transportation

About the Author

Eric Lefkofsky is currently the President of Blue Media, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity and consulting firm focused on applying technology to service-oriented business models. Through Blue Media, and its related subsidiaries, Mr. Lefkofsky plays an active role in consulting for or assisting in the management of several large technology firms, including: InnerWorkings, Inc.Mr. Lefkofsky is on the Board of Directors of Children's Memorial Hospital and Steppenwolf Theatre. Mr. Lefkofsky graduated with honors from the University of Michigan and received his Juris Doctor at University of Michigan Law School.

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