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Development is not an "improvement"
1. Development is not an "improvement". Because after improvement, it's the same thing, but better 😉 And development is a transition to a qualitatively new level. That is, transformation into something else.
2. Roughly speaking, Facebook developed when it was transformed from a dating app first into an illustrated catalog of Harvard students, and then into a social network. After that, Zuckerberg began trying to turn Facebook into a virtual world, but he hasn't succeeded yet.
3. Airbnb developed when it was transformed from a flophouse with inflatable mattresses first into a service for moving guests into a spare room, and then into a business renting out apartments and houses for short terms. And now Brian Chesky wants to turn Airbnb into an app for any experience and impressions related to travel. And even to life in general.
4. It is worth noting separately that "expansion", "scaling", "entering new countries" are still improvements, not development. Because everything remains the same. Only the size changes.
5. And "development" is when you are able to perceive what you have done only as a preparatory stage for something new. And regardless of the stage, size and success - from small unsuccessful startups to large successful companies.
6. And from here a very interesting and promising question immediately follows. What you already have now is a preparatory stage for what? 0 reply
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