Unscaled by Hemant Taneja

Unscaled by Hemant Taneja

Unscaled identifies the forces that are reshaping the global economy and turning one of the fundamental laws of business and society -- the economies of scale -- on its head.

An innovative trend combining technology with economics is unraveling behemoth industries -- including corporations, banks, farms, media conglomerates, energy systems, governments, and schools-that have long dominated business and society. Size and scale have become a liability. A new generation of upstarts is using artificial intelligence to automate tasks that once required expensive investment, and renting technology platforms to build businesses for hyper-focused markets, enabling them to grow big without the bloat of giant organizations.

In Unscaled, venture capitalist Hemant Taneja explains how the unscaled phenomenon allowed Warby Parker to cheaply and easily start a small company, build a better product, and become a global competitor in no time, upending entrenched eyewear giant Luxottica. It similarly enabled Stripe to take on established payment processors throughout the world, and Livongo to help diabetics control their disease while simultaneously cutting the cost of treatment. The unscaled economy is remaking massive, deeply rooted industries and opening up fantastic possibilities for entrepreneurs, imaginative companies, and resourceful individuals. It can be the model for solving some of the world's greatest problems, including climate change and soaring health-care costs, but will also unleash new challenges that today's leaders must address.

General Catalyst, a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York City, and Boston, employs Hemant Taneja as a managing director. He is a board member of Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization, and serves on the Stanford School of Medicine Board of Fellows. He co-founded Advanced Energy Economy, an organization focused on altering energy policy in America, and is a board member of Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization. He also gives talks at MIT and Stanford, and has written articles for the Harvard Business Review and TechCrunch about the unscaling problem.

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ISBN 13	9781610398121
ISBN 10	1610398122
Title	Unscaled
Author	Hemant Taneja
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	PublicAffairs
Year published	2018-09-06
Number of pages	240
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