I found this opinion piece ( Democrats aren't innocent bystanders ) interesting on how both Democrats and Republicans share responsibility for polarizing the electorate and undermining some of its faith in democracy. It references two other posts that were pretty good as well: The Disease of Delegitimization The Weimarization of the American Republic The second article is really long and heavy on history. But given all of the comparisons people make between the current times and those of post-WWI Germany, I found it interesting to dive in to understand where the comparisons are coming from and how close we really are. The short answer is that we aren't that close (phew). Seems like post-WWI Germany was incredibly fragile. This was a good excerpt that summarized it: So, unlike the 60s, you have a dynamic in which both sides are behaving like radicals, in which the establishment isn’t yelling “stop,” and in which oikophobia is more evenly distributed, relative to its Boomer-er
Why the Customer Development Model instead of the Product Development Model (4 Steps to the Epiphany revisited)
I read the book The Four Steps to the Epiphany about two and half years ago and was convinced that I would revisit the book in the coming years (see my earlier post where I summarized my initial thoughts on it). Based on some current thinking I'm doing about new market entry, it seemed like the right time to do that. As I'm re-reading the book, I'm taking some more detailed notes and thought I'd post them here for reference. Apologies for them being a bit terse. So, to start, why the customer development model instead of the traditional product development model ? Primary risks in entering any market: do you understand the customers’ needs? do you understand the basis for competition in this market? will those customers purchase and adopt? Traditional approaches are terribly inefficient and often lead to disaster traditional product development model concept/seed vision what’s the product? (features, feasibility) who are the customers? (market