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Saket Sambhav
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ADJUVA LEGAL® • 1d
Stop Obsessing About Being First. Being Better is a Smarter Strategy. 🚀 Let's challenge one of the biggest myths in the startup world: the "First-Mover Advantage." We're often told that being the first to market is the key to winning. I believe that's not just wrong; it can be a dangerous trap. Being first often means: 👉 You're the Test Dummy: You make all the initial mistakes, and your competitors get to learn from them for free. 👉 You Pay the "Education Tax": You have to spend enormous amounts of time and money just educating the market that the problem you solve even exists. 👉 You Build the Road, They Drive on It: You do the hard work of creating the infrastructure, and then a "fast follower" comes in with a more polished, second-gen product and overtakes you. Think about it: Facebook wasn't the first social network (MySpace, Orkut). Google wasn't the first search engine (Yahoo, AltaVista). The iPhone wasn't the first smartphone (BlackBerry, Nokia). They weren't first. They were BETTER. The real advantage isn't in being the first mover; it's in being the SMART follower or the best improver. It's about letting others test the waters, and then you come in and build a superior product, create a better business model, or deliver a far better customer experience. Don't be obsessed with being first. Be obsessed with being the BEST. What are your thoughts? Is being first always an advantage, or is it an overhyped myth? 👇 ---- Pic Credit - KEXINO
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