http://www.elliotswan.com/2008/01/29/if-you-cant-beat-em-dont-do-it-even-if-youre-better/ designs stuff and writes code. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:02:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.elliotswan.com/2008/01/29/if-you-cant-beat-em-dont-do-it-even-if-youre-better/comment-page-1/#comment-95878 Marc Grabanski Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:23:34 +0000 http://www.elliotswan.com/2008/01/29/if-you-cant-beat-em-dont-do-it-even-if-youre-better/#comment-95878 This is something I've thought of a lot. Sometimes we simply need to focus on areas that have not been tapped and give the world something it needs, rather than trying to do something, "new" or "innovative" when it is not necessary. I've seen millions of dollars go to incredibly stupid projects that will never succeed. This is the case of greed, and not well thought out reasoning. If someone is executing sloppy in an industry, that is the time to fix it and make a buck. But if you make a pretty penny there will be many on your trail. Stick to what you know and do it right - then you will succeed and be a leader, not a follower. This is something I’ve thought of a lot. Sometimes we simply need to focus on areas that have not been tapped and give the world something it needs, rather than trying to do something, “new” or “innovative” when it is not necessary. I’ve seen millions of dollars go to incredibly stupid projects that will never succeed. This is the case of greed, and not well thought out reasoning. If someone is executing sloppy in an industry, that is the time to fix it and make a buck. But if you make a pretty penny there will be many on your trail. Stick to what you know and do it right – then you will succeed and be a leader, not a follower.

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