Comments on Social networking failure discussion

Your team really picks up a good topic. I learn a lot through your insights of the Friendster story and social networking wars. It is obvious that pioneers might command a market opportunity but won't be necessarily leading to success. Here are two points I would have a discussion with you. First, as your pointed out, the pioneering startups would have failed if they had been lack of vision strategically or become complacent because of their innovative concept. Innovation is the driver of success but won't be the guarantee. Secondly, in the era of IT-based world, innovation happens at a light speed and could be possibly followed or imitated overnight. So we need a kind of keep agility all the times to ensure we are a step ahead. It is a war for success. Organizational capability to manage innovation would be a key factor to keep innovation on the right track to successful destination as.

Really inspiring and academic touch on Toshiba HD_DVD failure, supported by well-organized analysis from technological and economical perspectives with concise charts and complementary videos. As is mentioned, the failure is mainly attributed to its missteps in marketing strategy. It is truly a lesson for innovative products. One point might be worthy of discussion that HD-DVD is more incremental innovation than disruptive one given that it was developed, or to be exact, upgraded from a existing technology. I wont say it was a complete failure either because it was produced and marketed to the global markets. Or it might be a failure to some extent, for Toshiba in particular, its lifecycle was shorter than it was forecast. Yet it was unavoidable in the fast-changing and competing electronics world. Thanks for your logical work.