Episode · a16z Podcast · 2017-09-02
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: Competing Against Luck
with Clayton Christensen, Marc Andreessen, and Steven Levy In business, mistakes of omission may be just as bad as (if not worse than) mistakes of commission -- simply because of the loss in potential upside: new companies, new products, new opportunities for growth.
Marc Andreessen discussed How will you measure your life? by Clayton M. Christensen. Also mentioned: The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen examines how established companies can fail when confronted with disruptive technological changes that do not immediately appeal to their mainstream customer base.
Discussed“but they begin with Clay's book the innovators dilemma which popularized the theory of disruptive innovation and actually turned 20 years old this year I'm wondering have your views changed about how companies get disrupted”
Where to get it
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How will you measure your life?
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M.
Discussed“but I went in and with a book you wrote called how will you measure your life and which you took some of your strategies and apply them in a non-business sense to people's lives and goals tells me what you found”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Competing Against Luck
“this weekend's special episode features Marc Andreessen in conversation with Clayton Christensen father of disruption theory professor at Harvard Business School and author of several books including his most recent competing against luck”
Passing The Innovator's Dilemma
“it was a couple years before clay published his book that you were mosaic Netscape but after the book you kept this rough thing with the Opsware and now the venture capital world how did you come across clays work”