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Occasional ObservationsThoughts on "How to Build a Car"
Reading through How to Build a Car, a few product-related themes flow through the entire book: • The constant search for advantages. Poring over the newly released rulebooks to find gaps & technicalities to creatively exploit. Examining other domains for cross-over insights. Every team isn’t just racing on the track, the design/engineering teams are racing each other to identify the smallest of levers before the next team. • The car is a system, not merely an object. The interconnectedness of...
Occasional ObservationsMercedes & Microsoft
"Let's put that in the parking lot"
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Occasional ObservationsWe don't need more founders
Building over founding
Occasional ObservationsThoughts on "How to Build a Car"
Reading through How to Build a Car, a few product-related themes flow through the entire book: • The constant search for advantages. Poring over the newly released rulebooks to find gaps & technicalities to creatively exploit. Examining other domains for cross-over insights. Every team isn’t just racing on the track, the design/engineering teams are racing each other to identify the smallest of levers before the next team. • The car is a system, not merely an object. The interconnectedness of...
Occasional ObservationsMercedes & Microsoft
"Let's put that in the parking lot"
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Apple & Microsoft & Android have each built operating systems, but they're playing different games: premium, productivity, mass adoption; "bicycle for the mind", enterprise-oriented, flexibility.
NASA & SpaceX each build rockets, but they're playing different games: government services, interplanetary commerce.
OpenAI & Meta & Anthropic have each built generative tooling, but they're playing different games: integration, attention, responsibility.
Obsession over comparing What It Is tends to distract from Why It Is, Where It's Going, and Where It's Taking Us.
Photo by Elizabeth Dunne on Unsplash
Apple & Microsoft & Android have each built operating systems, but they're playing different games: premium, productivity, mass adoption; "bicycle for the mind", enterprise-oriented, flexibility.
NASA & SpaceX each build rockets, but they're playing different games: government services, interplanetary commerce.
OpenAI & Meta & Anthropic have each built generative tooling, but they're playing different games: integration, attention, responsibility.
Obsession over comparing What It Is tends to distract from Why It Is, Where It's Going, and Where It's Taking Us.
Photo by Elizabeth Dunne on Unsplash
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Exploring the market strategies of key players like Apple, Microsoft, NASA, SpaceX, OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic reveals that while they create similar technologies—operating systems, rockets, generative tools—their objectives are vastly different. The focus should shift from just understanding products to grasping the motivations behind them and their larger implications for the future. Dive deeper into these exciting contrasts in the latest blog post by @trh.