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		mulmen 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line Sure but “be second” doesn’t help that first mover. What incentive is there to innovate if your product is doomed to fail? What can a company do to both innovate and develop a viable product? Are the corporate structures and cultures necessary for this just that different?

com2kid 36 days ago [–]

First movers do sometimes win, Netflix, Uber, Amazon.

Also VCs have to invest their funds in something! :D

The key is matching innovation with timing. History is filled with great ideas done decades, or even a century, too early.

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