Comments on: A Model For Tech Investing: Part 1 http://www.vcdave.com/2007/04/15/internet-investing-stages/ The latest news from David Feinleib at MDV Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nivi http://www.vcdave.com/2007/04/15/internet-investing-stages/#comment-145 Nivi Wed, 09 May 2007 00:50:01 +0000 http://www.vcdave.com/2007/04/15/internet-investing-stages/#comment-145 "I’d rather have a company that defines the ecosystem and owns the customer (or user) than a company that is part of the ecosystem." Great quote. This is similar to Peter Drucker and Alan Kay's aphorisms about predicting the future by inventing it. Russell Ackoff has a great analysis of this approach which I summarized here: http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/predict-the-future-or-control-it “I’d rather have a company that defines the ecosystem and owns the customer (or user) than a company that is part of the ecosystem.”

Great quote. This is similar to Peter Drucker and Alan Kay’s aphorisms about predicting the future by inventing it. Russell Ackoff has a great analysis of this approach which I summarized here: http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/predict-the-future-or-control-it

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