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That works when you are starting a new company from scratch to solve a problem. When you're established and your boffins discover a new thing, of course you fin
by direwolf20 10mo ago
That works when you are starting a new company from scratch to solve a problem. When you're established and your boffins discover a new thing, of course you find places to use it. It's the expression problem with business: when you add a new customer experience you intersect it with all existing technology, and when you add a new technology you intersect it with all existing customer experience.
- crote 10mo agoIsn't that why the big tech companies switched to acquiring up-and-coming scaleups?
- torginus 10mo agoApple was a well established company when they came out with the iPhone - I don't think anyone but Jobs would've been able to pull off something like that. That sort of comprehensive innovation (hardware, software, UX - Apple invented everything), while entering an unfamilar and established market, I'd argue would've been impossible to do in a startup.
- direwolf20 10mo agoHe had a customer experience in mind, so he found the intersection with every existing technology, and it was impressive. But there are also times when you add a new technology to your collection, so you find the intersection with every existing customer experience.