This is terrible advice…

Bancor 🌊 → Introduced AMMs but was complex and clunky

Uniswap 🦄 → Simplified AMMs with the x*y=k formula and took DeFi mainstream

Bancor pioneered the concept, but Uniswap perfected it

A million examples in web2. In fact, almost all top products weren’t the first in category:

iPhone 📱 → Killed BlackBerry by making smartphones sexy

Google Search 🔍 → Buried Yahoo with better results

Tesla Model S ⚡ → Made EVs desirable, not dorky

Netflix 📺 → Blockbuster laughed; now they’re dead

Slack ⚡ → IRC for the masses, but fun, sleek, and actually usable

Zoom 🎥 → Crushed Skype by just working

Airbnb 🏠 → Couchsurfing but profitable