
Confronting Impossible Futures

- How valuable is what I’m doing?
- What makes this hard for others to do?
- Could this get dramatically easier because of what others launch or how the industry evolves?
- If this does get easier, do I have a “Plan B” to create differentiated value?
Note: An early version of this post appeared in my personal blog (still a work in progress). Decided to
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