You can find this pattern in so many things. Companies, Projects, or Artists spend their early days building up reputation. Usually by making something great. A

You can find this pattern in so many things. Companies, Projects, or Artists spend their early days building up reputation. Usually by making something great. After some inflection point they switch to spending down that reputation (usually trading it for money). At which point someone new comes along. They make something great and start building up reputation.