The unpredictable positive feedback effect of being first, achieving meteorically rapid scale makes picking winners hard.
But now Erbitux appears to have lost the advantage of being first to market.
But Smart may still have the last laugh for being first in the game.
But HTC has been known to try lots of things in the name of being first.
But when it comes to pharmaceutical innovation, coming in second can often be better than being first.
And we said, "I hope they come later, " because we'd see all the advantage of being first.
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After all, it's not only about being the first, but being the first to do it well.
One analyst said that being first to market gave LG "bragging rights", but suggested demand would be limited.
Mr. Grant: I think some of the criticism comes with being first in a lot of these spaces.
Paying homage to a person being first at something significant does not diminish his or her other accomplishments.
S. The ratings here are obviously skewed by certain other factors, piracy and HBO GO-sharing being first among them.
Then Iowa would have to choose between being first-in-the-nation and staying in 2008.
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And it's not just size, it's the experience they have of being first.
The great Pablo Casals once described himself as a human being first, a musician second, and a cellist third.
Just as being first gave Sony something of an advantage the last round.
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Livi made a promising start to the league season, with Landi being First Division named manager of the month in August.
Among other things, he notes that in fast-moving industries being first to market is a bigger benefit than software patent protections.
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And he attacks him with lies, auto bailout being first and foremost.
Roth is betting on being first to build what he calls "Web tones, "to carry phone service and every kind of digitized information.
And in the tech world, being first to market matters a lot.
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How much of an advantage does being first this round give Microsoft?
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Almost 73% of all retail postpaid phones Verizon sold last quarter were smartphones, with 40% of those upgrading being first time smartphone buyers.
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We must have a reputation of being first and foremost a safe and reliable airline, and we must also be competitive enough to survive.
Verizon said that about 79% of all retail postpaid phone sales this quarter were smartphones with 44% of those upgrading being first time smartphone buyers.
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Verizon said that about 79% of all retail postpaid phone sales in Q3 were smartphones, with 44% of those upgrading being first time smartphone buyers.
We think there are a lot of advantages in being first.
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There is a prestiege in the pirate world of cracking something and being first to distribute it and if there is no challenge there is no prestiege.
By striving to improve the status quo and develop groundbreaking products like the Pogo Stylus, the Ten One Design brand is dedicated to being first and best.
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Being first on the market vastly improves a drug's odds of reaching blockbuster status, as well as securing a place of honor in the annals of scientific breakthroughs.
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