[Sigia-l] first to market VS first to market right

[David Crow]

Hello,

The resources that dg provides are great Web2.0 and stealth-startup.
Check out Tim Oren's
New Model Software Startups: Two Stage Ventures, while not specific
research great insight on how to build companies:
http://due-diligence.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/new_model_softw.html

*** Shameless Self Plug ***

In writing the chapter, the best research I found about the "First
Mover Advantage" was in writing Chapter 6 in Bias & Mayhew's
Cost-Justifying Usabiltiy 2nd Ed.: Valuing Usablility for Startups -
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0120958112/davidcrow-20/


Lieberman, M. B. (2002). Did First-Mover Advantage Survive the Dot-Com
Crash? Retrieved
March 4, 2004, from
www.gsb.stanford.edu/facseminars/conferences/strat_conf/pdfs/
Lieberman%20InternetFMA.pdf.

and 

Weiss, A. (2000, July 6). Trailblazers on the Internet. Retrieved
March 11, 2004, from
www.marketingprofs.com/2/fma.asp.


Lieberman provides an excellent Internet and non-Internet review of
companies with first mover advantages including a detailed breakdown
of the potential sources of first mover advantage.

Lieberman concludes that there are significant first-mover advantages
for "pioneers in environments with network effects, and firms with key
patents." Even for firms with these key attributes, on the Internet
the effect of the first-mover advantage was not as great as many
entrepreneurs and investors expected.

Cheers,
David
http://davidcrow.ca/


> On Aug 25, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Trenouth, John wrote:
>
>> Of course I'm certain its not a simple black-and-white answer, so I am
>> interested in understanding under what circumstances each option could
>> be right, or wrong and why.
>
> Stealth Start-Ups Suck
> http://www.wingedpig.com/archives/000207.html
>
> 10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2.0 Company
> http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/2005/08/10_steps_to_a_h.html
>
> Might be of some help.
>
> -dg (aka Busty)
> 
> Root
> http://www.toplessprogramming.com