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Innovation and the Highlander Principle
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From 1999 to 2000 I worked at Epinions.com, which offered user-generated product reviews. Epinions was massively hyped, and seemed destined for big things. ...

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Quote:Epinions never reached its potential, and I think it's because we were trying to do too much. We weren't aware of The Highlander Principle, and our innovations were too numerous for most users to appreciate. I also think it demonstrated our own internal lack of focus, and inability to prioritize, to do one one new thing really well. We tried to spread our bets, and that diluted the experience.
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