One that may go away or lose relevance in the near future. Ben Thompson at Stratechery explains# the phenomenon I have called becoming very good at what used to work:
The problem for PayPal is that, as noted, peer-to-peer payments is a “square”-shaped problem; all of PayPal’s internal incentives are designed to solve this problem first-and-foremost. That’s why when it comes to a new problem, like easily enabling an individual or small business to be a merchant, PayPal is markedly inferior to what is on offer from startups like Stripe (for e-commerce) and Square (for offline purchases).
The thing is you cannot market your way out of mis-alignment with what people prefer to use for the job they need / want to do.
Designing incentives around the problem that needs solving is one way to create that bridge -- however that requires change, and often the people most resistant to it are those who have figured out how to work within the current system comfortably.
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