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I guess I'm not impressed by first mover advantage. I like second mover advantage. First mover advantage is subject to too many problems. Confirmation bias. Unseen players which make the better solution infeasible. etc.

In the end, execution is key. I value polish over cleverness. Someone who can execute quickly and cleanly is who I want. Testing for those qualities is more difficult and interactive than simple interview questions.

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I don't think it's so much first-mover versus second-mover advantage but rather an overall question of timing. I agree that being first doesn't matter if the market and timing aren't right.

The first-mover's Achilles heel, though, is that you're the one who has to affect behaviorial change, which is the hardest part about building a company that is trying to fundamentally change the way people, well, behave.

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