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Insane Mode by Hamish McKenzie — WisdomDeck honest review
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Insane Mode

by Hamish McKenzie

A former Tesla writer's account of how the company forced the auto industry toward electric cars, with chapters on Chinese competitors. Sympathetic but informed.

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you want the industry-level story of the EV shift with Tesla as catalyst.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Incumbents defend; entrants redefine.
  2. Mission plus product changes industries.
  3. Watch China.

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Identify the incumbent assumption in your industry that a Tesla-like entrant would attack.

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Sympathetic, industry-wide.

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