Book · 1998 · Business & Economics
The Gorilla Game
An Investor's Guide to Picking Winners in High Technology
The Gorilla Game by Geoffrey A. Moore has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 1 podcast (2 episodes recommend it and 0 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Patrick O'Shaughnessy (2 episodes) and Geoffrey Moore (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (2 episodes).
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Well, Jeffrey, look, I've got one more question for you. But before getting to that traditional closing question, one of the things that got me inspired to spend more time in technology was your writing and your early books. I encourage everyone to read at a minimum gorilla game and crossing the chasm and go from there.
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And so the idea behind the gorilla game was, you would see a category going into the tornado, you would buy a portfolio of companies that could win. As you saw who was winning, you would gradually exit the ones that are monkeys and chips, and put more and more money into your gorilla.
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Geoffrey Moore's influential text outlines business strategies for capturing technology markets during periods of rapid industry transformation. On Invest Like the Best, Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended the work to listeners as an essential reading starting point, noting that Moore's early technology writings had originally inspired him to spend more time studying the sector. In another episode of Invest Like the Best, O'Shaughnessy brought up the book while connecting Savneet Singh's discussion of online platforms to the ecosystems and opportunities built around them. Furthermore, Geoffrey Moore himself appeared on the podcast to explain the underlying investment strategy detailed in the book, describing how investors should identify category leaders going into a market tornado and gradually shift their portfolios to focus on the eventual winners while exiting smaller competitors. The publication remains a foundational reference for understanding platform adoption cycles and technology investing frameworks.
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy Well, Jeffrey, look, I've got one more question for you. But before getting to that traditional closing que… 2
“Well, Jeffrey, look, I've got one more question for you. But before getting to that traditional closing question, one of the things that got me inspired to spend more time in technology was your writing and your early books. I encourage everyone to read at a minimum gorilla game and crossing the chasm and go from there.”
“Have you ever read the book Guerrilla Game? I don't think so. All right. I got to send it to you. So it's really interesting because it gets into effectively waiting for certain types of, this is hardware technology, to be installed and become sort of the default on top, the platform on top of which like tons of other”
Geoffrey Moore And so the idea behind the gorilla game was, you would see a category going into the tornado, you would buy… 1
“And so the idea behind the gorilla game was, you would see a category going into the tornado, you would buy a portfolio of companies that could win. As you saw who was winning, you would gradually exit the ones that are monkeys and chips, and put more and more money into your gorilla.”