Quotes About Disruption

I miss independent record stores very much.

You used to make records, record companies sold them, and people went to record stores and bought them. That's all gone now.

When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, my hilly town often reaps the fringe of the storm. The rain starts blowing sideways, and sometimes we see hail the size of purie marbles.

When I came into the mobile phone business, I was really the upstart who pretty much took the business, not quite by storm, but really made an impact on it quite early on. But it was from a position, really, of feeling that I was a last mover.

I've learnt that your life is more interesting and fulfilling when you don't lead it in a straight line and you go off on zigzags. I've made it a rule that if life becomes too comfortable and easy, I'll disrupt it.

My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'

We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.

As a global disrupter, Uber is no stranger to conflict, and its instinct has always been pugilistic.

What's a killer app? There's no standard definition, but basically it's an excellent new idea that either supersedes an existing idea or establishes a new category in its field. It soon becomes so popular that it devastates the original business model.)

the best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation. That is to say, the industry learned how to secure the enactment of seemingly innocuous and sensible regulations that nonetheless spelled doom for any rival. In

The Cycle is powered by disruptive innovations that upend once thriving industries, bankrupt the dominant powers, and change the world. Such innovations are exceedingly rare, but they are what makes the Cycle go.

So red teaming is: You take people who aren't wedded to the plan and [ask them,] 'How would you disrupt this plan or how would you defeat this plan?' If you have a very thoughtful red team, you'll produce stunning results.

Sports evolve when sacred cows are killed, when basic assumptions are tested. The same is true in life and in lifestyles.

I ask them, 'How will you disrupt yourself, and how are you trying to disrupt yourself? If you're not, you're in for a real surprise.' Find the smartest 20-somethings in your company. I don't care if they're in the mail room or where they are. Give them permission to figure out how they would take down your company." PETER

Si lo que hago suena razonable a la mayoría de la gente, entonces no estoy trabajando en un espacio lo bastante creativo e innovador!»

Por cada dólar de ingreso que generas, ¿puedes inducir un coste de cinco a diez dólares para los competidores? Si es así, invierte.

Cuando algo es verdaderamente rompedor, el día previo era una idea descabellada.

GOOD QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN TACKLING INCUMBENT COMPANIES (OR IDEAS) "How is their bread buttered?" "What is it that they can't afford to say or think?

we often forget that industries are often transformed by neophytes. The boldest transformations, like Uber disrupting transportation or Airbnb disrupting hospitality, are led by outsiders.

Most people go through life and never develop strong views on things, or specifically go along and buy into the consensus. One of the things I think you want to look for as both a founder and as an investor is things that are out of consensus, something very much opposed to the conventional wisdom. . . . Then, if you're going to start a company around

The biggest mistake you can make is to accept the norms of your time.' Not accepting norms is where you innovate, whether it's with technology, with books, with anything. So, not accepting the norm is the secret to really big success and changing the world.

Lo diferente es mejor cuando es más efectivo o más divertido. Si todo el mundo plantea o resuelve un problema de una determinada manera con resultados deficientes, es hora de preguntarse: ¿qué pasaría si hiciera lo contrario? No sigas un modelo que no funcione. Si la receta es una porquería, no importa lo buen cocinero que seas.

Sometimes, whether in the world of fire-making or cooking, finding the path of least resistance is as easy as Googling "backward," "upside-down," or "reverse," plus whatever skill you're deconstructing.

the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. If it wasn't a crazy idea, it's not a breakthrough; it's an incremental improvement.