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Larry Downes

Larry Downes (born March 1, 1959) is an Internet industry analyst and author on business strategies and information technology. Downes is best known for his first book, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance (Harvard Business School 1998), which focuses on the potential of products and services for dramatically changing business. Unleashing the Killer App sold over 200,000 copies and was named by the Wall Street Journal one of the five most important books on business and the Internet ever published. Downes is also the author of The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Business and Life in the Digital Age.

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and Larry DownesBig Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation is a groundbreaking book by Paul Nunes and Larry Downes that provides an ambitious look into the new era of disruptio...

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and Tim BreenePivot to the Future: Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World, written by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene, is an essential guide to navigating the uncertain times of the new ...

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and Larry DownesBig Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation is a groundbreaking book by Paul Nunes and Larry Downes that provides an ambitious look into the new era of disruptio...

Downes and Nunes provide some very thought-provoking guidance to existing businesses about how to compete, innovate, and win in this new world of the disruptive startup.

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and Tim BreenePivot to the Future: Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World, written by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene, is an essential guide to navigating the uncertain times of the new ...

The 'wise pivot' concept is a powerful framework that can shape top leadership teams' decisions around digital strategies and new operating models. With the help of Omar, we used that framework to develop a digital strategy that strikes the balance between growing our core business and shaping new ways of operating.

and Larry DownesBig Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation is a groundbreaking book by Paul Nunes and Larry Downes that provides an ambitious look into the new era of disruptio...

Dick Costolo (CEO & Co-Founder/Chorus; Mentor/Index Ventures) Everything you need from business school in one very direct book. Big Bang Disruption elegantly and simply identifies why innovation happens in some new companies and how you can embrace and harness this new way of thinking.

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