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Market, Product, and Entrepreneur

Investors are fond of debating which they care about more: the market or the entrepreneur. Some argue that given a great market, they can replace the team in order to execute on and capture that market. Others invest in great teams.

The reality is, great entrepreneurs find great markets. They build world-class products for those markets. They create efficient organizations that can deliver those products to market—execution machines that outrun the competition.

What’s more, many successful entrepreneurs are not necessarily first to market with their products. Rather, they build products that better meet the ...

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