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Dunford: Most category creators are overtaken by fast followers
“In fact, most category creators lose the market. Like what happened to MySpace? What happened to Ask Jeeves? It didn't work out so good for them. Most category creators actually get overtaken by fast followers.”
April Dunford Oct 22, 2023 ▶ 50:50 A step-by-step guide to crafting a sales pitch that wins | April Dunford (author of Sales Pitch)
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Yehoshua: MySpace failed simply because its product got too slow
“MySpace. Well, they died because their product got too slow.”
Tamar Yehoshua Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 17:01 Lessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua
Assertion Partly supported
Balfour: Facebook was one-fourth MySpace's size when launching its platform
“And so at the time they launched their platform, I think they were maybe like one fourth, one fifth the size of, you know, something like my space or even friends or orchid, like some of these are some of the names.”
Brian Balfour Aug 17, 2025 ▶ 18:44 Why ChatGPT will be the next big growth channel (and how to capitalize on it) | Brian Balfour
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