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PICTURE: Helge V. Keitel, Sotkamo, Finland (2012)

It takes time, energy, effort, and determination to get into a new market. We also need a great product and service to survive and even more to make a break-through.

Most of hope that the "success formula" would describe something easy and predictable. That never happens - at least not to my knowledge.

Those who succeed have to work hard; "long hours" is a part of the menu.

Take Beatles, Rolling Stones, Apple Computer, Nokia, Microsoft, General Motors, or Starbucks, all these companies had their ups and downs.

There is no "quick fix" to my knowledge. If you know a better way, an easy road, let me know.

I'd like to see innovations in many fields in our society. But innovations does not always live up to their promises or expectations. Innovative companies come and go.

All the big brands and house-hold names are companies that have have been around for centuries or decades.

Most of the "very new innovations" do fade away or they never materialize into something tangible. We do have a love affair with everything new, but that doesn't mean that innovations are solving problems or promising a better world. The life expectancy of very new innovations is very short. Most of them never become important for B2B or the consumers.