Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.

You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent... because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.

Sometimes things are the way they are and can't be changed, other times it's because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.

I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so a competitive landscape is good for consumers, developers, and the platforms alike. Apple brings a smooth elegance to its devices and platform, with the best marketplace experience to boot. Google brings a higher volume of devices as well as a more diverse ecosystem to interact with. The real story here is that Microsoft is nowhere to be seen, ending a two-decade monopoly and creating biggest opportunity for software startups probably ever.

The most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what's best for the customer, without ever having to ask.

Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.

I don't use many apps. I use naps.