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Why Pioneers Have Arrows In Their Backs

Steve Blank

Using this idea to differentiate themselves as the hot new Silicon Valley VCs, some of his former business school students made this phrase their rallying cry. In fact, a 1993 paper by Peter N. Over the next ten years, while Ford focused on cost reductions, General Motors built a diverse and differentiated product line.