Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew S. Grove · first published 1996 · ISBN 9780385483827

Grove explores how companies navigate what he calls a 'strategic inflection point,' a moment when the competitive landscape shifts so fundamentally that the old business model becomes obsolete. He draws from Intel's near-death experience when Japanese memory chip manufacturers nearly destroyed the company, and how the decision to pivot entirely toward microprocessors saved it. The book offers no false comfort, presenting strategic change as both necessary and perpetually threatening.