What blocks a potentially viral product from actually achieving critical mass. I haven’t seen much discussion of that. Virus in a Petri Dish.
Archive for March, 2007
Did Murdoch just KO Google?
Posted in Competition, GigaOm, Google, MySpace, Strategy on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Young, whose posts are always interesting and informative, writes on NewTeeVee about two of the many actors on the ‘Net Stage, with whom we have a love-admire-fear relationship.
Did Murdoch just KO Google?
When one is asked about Google’s incredible success to date, and what they did so right, the obvious answer will likely involve an [...]
The Peter Principle of Innovation
Posted in Innovation, StartUps on March 24, 2007 | 8 Comments »
The original Peter Principle was a classic of the 70’s, essentially stating that “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence”.
At that point they have reached as far as they can go in that organization and can no longer be promoted. As a corollary, the Peter Principle states, all useful [...]