How to be a best #N (N>1): Lessons from Sheryl Sandberg

1. Excel at your job, there is no way around it. Even if it is bottom of the org chart, or just one step away from the #1. Focus on your job, make it solid and outstanding
2. Develop your unique brand outside work. For Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In catapulted her to the same league as her boss. Write a book, develop a social media following, marketing your brand
3. Get a buyin from your boss. Sheryl's lean in was endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg. It lends credibility and it also tells people that you are team player even if you have a strong brand outside the team

Fee-for-service business model is dead, time for fee-for-value

Telephone service, healthcare are all fee-for-service, you pay for service.
WhatsApp, ACA are fee-for-value, you pay for value you get from service

WhatsApp and NetFlix

WhatsApp is eating worldwide telecom's lunch, by providing basic messaging service without ad/game/gimmick at a price of $1/year, while telecom providers are charging $20 per month for a service that couldn't even stop spamming.
NetFlix is eating all the cable companies lunch by providing great content without bundling and time restriction.
And these two great companies are able to do that because of software and open internet infrastructure.
So if you are great developers and internet remains open, your preys are abundant!! Long live the human creativity, long live the open society!