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id: "quote-ambitious-disrupt"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Importance of Ambitious Entrepreneurs"]
tags: ["entrepreneurial-mindset", "disruption"]
related: ["concept-ambitious-entrepreneurs"]
quote: "These ambitious entrepreneurs don't just aim to grow—they aim to disrupt, scale, and lead. They see AI as critical to accomplishing those objectives."
speaker: "Jeffrey P. Shay, Donna Kelley, Mahdi Majbouri and Thomas H. Davenport"
speakers: ["Jeffrey P. Shay", "Donna Kelley", "Mahdi Majbouri", "Thomas H. Davenport"]
sources: ["spine"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-spine"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-ext-20-entrepreneurs-scale-with-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/08/how-ambitious-entrepreneurs-can-use-ai-to-scale-their-startups"
sourceTitle: "How Ambitious Entrepreneurs Can Use AI to Scale Their Startups"
---
# Ambitious Entrepreneurs Aim to Disrupt

> These ambitious entrepreneurs don't just aim to grow—they aim to disrupt, scale, and lead. They see AI as critical to accomplishing those objectives.

— [[entity-jeffrey-p-shay]], [[entity-donna-kelley]], [[entity-mahdi-majbouri]], and [[entity-thomas-h-davenport]]

The defining statement of intent behind [[concept-ambitious-entrepreneurs]]: ambition here is not incremental growth but market disruption and leadership, with AI positioned as the enabling lever.