I’ve got three great posts for you this morning to interrupt the long essays that my marathon addled brain has been pumping out.
First Mover vs Fast Follower – Who wins? Don Dodge reprints a story he wrote three years ago about whether being first wins or being a fast follower wins. He adds some useful nuances for any entrepreneur (or VC) that is obsessed with the “we have to be first to market to win”, “#1 takes most of the market, #2 takes the rest, and #3 to #n don’t matter”, and other such cliches.
The Downturn Is a Rounding Error: Since I’m not a macro guy, I didn’t notice we were having an economic downtown. I guess I noticed that the price of gas was higher, but as Amy is fond of saying, “don’t bother me about it until a gallon of gas costs more than a gallon of milk .” Oops – getting close (I think Amy meant “organic milk.") Plus, our government is telling us that there is no “core inflation ” (where “core inflation” doesn’t include fuel or food.) Tom Peters helps us understand what he thinks really matters.
You gotta start somewhere: David Cohen posts an email to his business partner David Brown dated 2/08/06 that was the origin of TechStars. I checked my calendar and the first time I met David was at 4pm on 6/06/06. I find history to be fascinating.