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When products in a category are basically interchangeable, an adequate product with superior distribution wins
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Presume Radical Uncertainty (The 1997 Lens)
Treat an emerging platform as if it were 1997 for the internet: assume most of it doesn't work and you can't yet name the winners
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When a technology makes something cheaper, work out which of three demand responses your market will take
Task vs. Job Automation Test
Before predicting a role's automation, ask whether the automatable task IS the job or just one piece of it
Value-Up-The-Stack Test
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