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Discussion on: Most of the value of great web software will be realized years from now

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Ben Halpern

Yeah. Shortcuts are often necessary but they need to be the right ones. It's so easy to paint yourself into the corner. A big problem in the real world is that companies are heavily incentivized to think short term. Big companies and small companies alike. It takes a hell of a lot of leadership to convince people that longterm thinking is the right move.

Amazon is probably the best example of an organization that has been consistently given the leash to think longterm because they've willed the market to come along with them on that ride.