Malcolm Gladwell: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Underdogs

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Published 2018-02-06

Check out the business lessons New Yorker staff writer and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell had to share in 2015 with Inc.'s Issie Lapowsky while promoting his book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.

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All Comments (21)

@lisagavin135 2 years ago

I have a child with a NVLD. I tell him his disability is his Superpower. Those with disabilities have a brain that thinks differently than the mainstream brain. In some ways, this can be a real advantage! Keep up the great work, Malcolm!
@robertjmccabe 3 years ago

This guy is insanely talented. I’ll read anything he writes.
@ericheine2414 6 years ago

Malcolm Gladwell, I'd like to thank you for being bright enough and willing to do so much for others. Aces.
@kumquatmagoo 3 years ago

This rings true for me - I found everything far too simple and laborious in school, so I never really had to try. Did not prepare me well for a degree where I had to work my ass off to actually 'learn' anything.
@Michael-pg7rv 5 years ago

My favourite book from him is "What the dog saw". The chapter on Ketchup is amazing.
@emekabronson8697 6 years ago

Man crush confirmed
@lisagavin135 2 years ago

Thank you for your inquisitive nature! I love the way your mind works and love that you write about it! Keep up the great work, Mr. Gladwell! Thank you!
@talimn 3 years ago

Love it Mr. Gladwell, keep up the good work!
@cartersmith7628 2 years ago

Phenomenal interview! Mr. Gladwell is a thought leader - his ideas are very insightful.
@willbfreed 4 years ago

Thanks a lot man!
@chrisstaplehurst9674 2 years ago

27:38 = Entrepreneurs being overconfident, "usefully deluded" haha! Love that phrase! Great talk, thank you!
@michaelbird6829 2 years ago

What an amazing gift to the world Malcolm Gladwell is. So humble and clever.
@katyscoggin4278 2 years ago

I never have / will never understand how some business-minded people seek or assume constant, endless growth. And equate that with success. How is endless growth not akin to a malignant tumor or virus that inevitably kills off a body or population? Why this need to grow constantly? I do not comprehend it.
@AdaFrancoRealtor 2 years ago

Thank you for the information.
@likondwa 2 years ago

Wow!!!! This is so enlightening
@olgaloiek8175 3 years ago

He's so beautiful
@helenewebster9462 1 year ago

Enjoyed❗
@tariqabo4062 6 years ago

I love Malcolm Gladwell
@askbob2009 3 years ago

removes the fog from you head....we all are intelligent if we want. Thanks Malcolm
@jimherr152 1 year ago

It doesn’t appear obvious that God’s people are not, despite appearances, the actual underdogs 🙂. Love it!