What Jeff Bezos Knew Back in 1997 That Made Amazon a Gorilla
I'd add to this: the most sure fire way to dominate a market is by executing with a combination of skills that do not naturally tend to go together.<p>Google succeeded by combining high quality software engineering with cutting edge computer science research and beyond state-of-the-art data center operations.<p>Apple succeeded by combining solid software engineering with equally solid internet services engineering and more than anything exceptional design and aesthetics.<p>Amazon succeeded by combining solid web development with state of the art inventory management and fulfillment processes.<p>It's easy to do one thing well, there are literally millions of talented people in the world who can do one thing exceptionally well. But to be a company like Google, Amazon, or Apple you need to have a combination of talents that are typically unusual or difficult to keep together.<p>There are so many tech companies out there who have a band full of guitarists who all have the same musical tastes and background and they wonder why they haven't conquered the world yet.