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April 6, 2013 09:06 pm GMT

Clayton Christensen Talks Venture Capital, Crowd Funding, And How To Measure Your Life

IMG_2640Editors note:DerekAndersenis the founder ofStartup Grind, a 40-city community bringing the global startup world together while educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. There are few people whose impact on entrepreneurs and business in general you hear about as frequently as Clayton Christensen. Clay’s body of work includes co-founding apubliclytraded company, being a Rhodes Scholar,writing one of the most influentialbusiness booksof our generation,fighting cancerand a stroke that forced him to relearn to speak, teaching thousands at the Harvard Business School, and raising five children. He has accomplished gigantic things, not to mention he stands 6 ’8″ and today is also his birthday so please wishhimwell. When I heard he would speak at Startup Grind 2013, excitement and then panic raced through my bald head. Luckily one of the very best in the business, Mark Suster of GRB Partners was gracious enough to come and represent the startup community at the interview. Mark has writtena great recapof his conversation, but it seems appropriate to followup with this audience and share the entire interview from a few weeks ago. The Innovator’s Dilemmaas you might know outlines how companies with historically successful products and market share will be disrupted and beaten unless they are innovative again and again. Clayton also recently co-authoredHow Will You Measure Your Life?which explains how like in business you need to plan in order to be successful in your personal life or you run the risk of failing your family and betraying your values. Read or watch thefascinatinginterview below. ———————– MARK: Welcome to StartUp Grind! I thought we would start with the disruption of education. Because youre a professor and I thought that would put me on more comfortable grounds. CLAYTON: Perfect. MARK: Well come right back to venture capital, I promise. What are your feelings about education in America the doubling over the last few years of consumer debt over education, and the fact that technology might just make what you do much more available at a lower cost for more people, which in itself matches I think your definition of disruption, and whats going on with Udemy and Stanford and other places. Id love to hear that. CLAYTON: Boy, its a great question. I wrote my first piece about the disruption of the Harvard Business School in 1999. Because you could see this coming. I havent yet done the one about the disruption of the Stanford Business School.

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