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by mmalik 5579 days ago
After reading this article, I reread the relevant portion of Jim Collins' "Good to Great". His point (proven by many, many examples) is that being first out of the gate is rarely a sustainable advantage. The key is being the best - learning from not only your mistakes, but the mistakes of those before you.

I found a summarized version of this chapter on his website...

http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/best-beats...