Symbiont

"They didn't just slash randomly. They cut non-core activities while protecting essential organs (core product, engineering, customer (the symbiont organisms whose fitness is interlinked with the company's survival) support). When resources returned (travel restarted, IPO capital came in), the c..."

"...ods wasn't a clone of Amazon or a clone of Whole Foods. It was a recombination. Amazon's DNA: data infrastructure, logistics networks, customer (the symbiont organisms whose fitness is interlinked with the company's survival) obsession, low prices, algorithmic optimization."

"...m. Most business strategies assume independence: build your product (the phenotypic facet presented to the environment), acquire your customers (the symbiont organisms whose fitness is interlinked with the company's survival), defend your moat. But biology shows a different path."

"... to keep in the same place." You're not optimizing toward a static fitness peak. You're tracking a moving target. Competitors improve. Customer (the symbiont organisms whose fitness is interlinked with the company's survival) expectations rise. Technology advances. Regulation evolves."

"...nvestment, slow iteration, protective moats) to pioneer-stage markets, or applying pioneer-stage strategies (fast iteration, high burn, customer (the symbiont organisms whose fitness is interlinked with the company's survival) acquisition at any cost) to climax-stage markets. **Match your strategy (the res..."