han solo - 3:53 pm on Jan 31, 2001 (gmt 0)

I like to think of myself as an innovator, but there are times that you can't, because somebody else has beat you to the punch.

If you find another company doing what you would like to do, and you think to yourself, "wow, they do it right." What are you going to do, not compete any more, because they got there first? Nope. You're going to immitate them to a T, figure out if they've done anything wrong, improve upon that, and suddenly, you're not an immitator, you're an innovator.

All because you decided to trace down a few other people work. One of the reasons I don't post any of the companies I worked for here, or any of my urls here. I know it would be a quality link to my site, and probably worth it's weight in net traffic, but if every one out there did what I did, as far as watching the other business they saw as being in their space, I'd get nailed.

BTW, Marshall_Clark, and everybody else, really. Are there any business/philosophy texts you feel form a large part of your outlook in conducting your business affairs? I mentioned some of the important ones to myself, and I'm curious what others would say.

Cheers,

Han Solo