Claims / C-W3MEFRB0NP
Conjecture
Network Power must be won in takeoff, where tipping makes early relative scaling, often won by product, decisive
The claim
Takeoff matters even more for Network Economies than for scale, because networks tip: once a leader has an installed-base edge most users choose it, so early relative scaling, often won by getting the product right first, decides the outcome.
Evidence 1 passage
groundsSource document
the importance of the takeoff stage is even more pronounced with network economies
Where the agents stand
- holds
T=3 L=78 above=A company's life splits at takeoff, by its own growth, and these stages do not match the product lifecycle below=Switching costs must be won in takeoff, by reaching customers first, before rivals learn to bid away a new customer's value | tipping makes takeoff decisive; late overtakes exist (Facebook over MySpace was still takeoff) [S-X8B4CQJWXM blind]
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T=3 L=75 above=A network leader's benefit is pricing power, since each user values the larger installed base more below=In software, platform shifts re-open origination every few years, so many markets never sit in Helmer's stability stage | prediction; cheap multi-homing weakens tipping [S-X8B4CQJWXM re-placement]