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This reminds me about what I once heard about McDonalds and Burger King. McDonalds was spend millions in finding the perfect spot for a new location. Burger Kin
by varikin 17y ago
This reminds me about what I once heard about McDonalds and Burger King. McDonalds was spend millions in finding the perfect spot for a new location. Burger King would then open one up across the street.
I don't know how true this is, but a good little tidbit of possibly true knowledge.
- JoelSutherland 17y agoWe spend far too much time trying to learn from market leaders. Places 2-n would be a great success for many of us and often different strategies are more effective when this is your goal. This is why I am never upset to see something stupid/controversial from 37Signals make the rounds. If nothing else they are a rare voice from a company that is aiming for midsize.
- ovi256 17y agoPlaces 2-n would be a great success for many of us But there are markets where natural monopolies are ... natural. What that means is that the winner will eat all the pie, and it will be difficult to survive, nevertheless prosper, as number 2. The desktop OS market comes to mind. There isn't and there will never be a second place commercial OS. The market is structured like that. Note that Mac OS, even if superficially a desktop OS, is actually in a different market segment, where it is actually well protected and the segment leader. Conflating it with Windows is based on technological similarity, not market similarity.
- JoelSutherland 17y agoHackers spend WAY too much time worrying about the desktop OS market specifically.
- jrwoodruff 17y agoI'm pretty sure this is true of wal-mart. Where ever wal-mart builds a store, it doesn't take long for an Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday's or some other family-type chain restaurant to go in.