Paul Adams at Intercom had a concept “Compounding product strategy”, where everything you build should come together to unlock new value is a compounding way.
You build A then B and that together unlocks C, then you’re competitor can’t get to C unless they also build A and B
Perhaps that’s another way to think about how to plan for “hard to copy”
1. Realizing most products follow the S-curve w/ ultimate decay + Follow-on products should focus on distribution channel-fit -> stacking long-term portfolio in this way so it builds on the distribution generated with the previous hit/success.
2. Keep on evolving the mission to have part deux, part three with which the joining and existing talent can see a path to 5-20x growth during their career
(besides the usual data-driven network effects + category creation)
Paul Adams at Intercom had a concept “Compounding product strategy”, where everything you build should come together to unlock new value is a compounding way.
You build A then B and that together unlocks C, then you’re competitor can’t get to C unless they also build A and B
Perhaps that’s another way to think about how to plan for “hard to copy”
in my humble opinion to add to this:
1. Realizing most products follow the S-curve w/ ultimate decay + Follow-on products should focus on distribution channel-fit -> stacking long-term portfolio in this way so it builds on the distribution generated with the previous hit/success.
2. Keep on evolving the mission to have part deux, part three with which the joining and existing talent can see a path to 5-20x growth during their career
(besides the usual data-driven network effects + category creation)