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Re:Peter Thiel: "I Don’t Consider [The iPhone] To Be A Techn... by schandur on Monday November 21, 2011 @01:34PM (#3262206)
How many iconic, break-out products are ever "technological breakthroughs"? Behind virtually every iconic product is a string of lesser known antecedents with the same fundamentals but imperfect packaging, pricing, or timing.

Reminds me of one of the themes in the book "Blue Ocean Strategy": the importance of value innovation, where the stress is on both low cost and differentiation.

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