Blockbuster saw Netflix coming and did nothing to defend their position. Blockbuster was the category killer of local mom-and-pop video stores, expanding to over 9000 stores at its peak. They were the VHS and DVD behemoth, but they were also...



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Written by HeatherStone
342 days ago

Steve,

If it make you feel any better, Saul wasn't the first one in this territory either. Guy Kawasaki talks about jumping the curves of innovation and this is exactly what his previous employer Apple did, replacing the Apple II with the Mac and then creating iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad with each step essentially disrupting its own previous product lines. Maybe you can still write that book after all!



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