0 to 1 vs. 1 to N — Two Kinds of Progress
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Vertical Progress
0 → 1
Creating something that has never existed. Doing the unexpected. Going from nothing to something. Technology. Breakthrough. Monopoly.
✦ The printing press ✦ The internet ✦ The iPhone
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Horizontal Progress
1 → N
Copying things that already work. Globalisation. Spreading what exists. Scaling. Commoditisation. Competition.
◆ More factories ◆ More restaurants ◆ More of the same