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Re:No evidence that chance meetings in office boosts innovation by luffapi on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:22PM (#27620875)
Netflix and Amazon clearly have first mover advantage. As does Apple with the iPhone, Google with Maps…

Network effects are all over the place, mainly FB and Google.

> Success involves building successful processes that encourage innovation.

For the most part, large companies “innovate” via acquisition.

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Re:No evidence that chance meetings in office boosts innovation by astrange on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:33PM (#27621962)
> Netflix and Amazon clearly have first mover advantage. As does Apple with the iPhone, Google with Maps…

The Hiptop/Sidekick and Palm Pilots were already popular long before the iPhone came out. They just weren't nearly as good and the companies couldn't overcome the carriers' poor business plans.

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Re:No evidence that chance meetings in office boosts innovation by luffapi on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:05PM (#27622405)
Apple were first movers with capacitive touch screens.
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