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Sep 15
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Harvard's Disruption Professor: Why Your...

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📍 Ex-HBS professor Thales Teixeira (consulted for Netflix, Airbnb, Facebook) reveals why startups don't need revolutionary tech to dominate markets.

Learn:
• The "Decoupling" secret behind Uber/Airbnb's rise 🚘
• How customers—NOT tech—actually disrupt industries
• Why your startup should solve "ugly" problems first
• MBA myths & when NOT to hire consultants
• Attention-economics in the TikTok era
From eye-tracking at Harvard to AI startups - get frameworks that rewrite business rules.

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