I know that the two cerave vs cetaphil threads are separate threads, but they have very similar topics, so I’ll include both here. Both cerave and cetaphil are based on the same principles, but the two are not really alike. Cerave is a process, while cetaphil is a product (although they both can be used as a single product).
I think the two are more similar than different, which makes me think that both are similar enough to be considered an “idea”. Although, cerave is much easier to describe than cetaphil, which is why I would consider the two “ideas”. Cerave is a process that takes time, patience, and creativity. It’s about building things from scratch. Cerave is about combining elements.
I used to think cetaphil was a process as well, but the process of getting an idea to market takes much longer than the idea alone. It is much easier to see an idea in the market, to see the market for it, and then to see how to sell it.
The idea is that cerave is about building things from scratch. Cetaphil is about combining elements. I think there is enough overlap between the two ideas to warrant a vote, but I don’t know enough about them to make a final decision on their relative merits.
Cerave is a more process-centric process. More like making the idea from a blueprint, then combining the elements of that idea to create something new, and then selling the idea. Cetaphil is about seeing a combination of elements and then seeing how to package them to sell them to the market.
There’s a lot to like about both of these, but they’re not as easily separable as they might seem.
I dont know enough about either of these processes to say whether Cerave is better or Cetaphil is better, but I dont see a case for cerave winning. I think Cerave is more about creating a new idea, making a prototype, and then selling that idea to the market. Cetaphil, not so much. I think the biggest reason I dont know enough about Cerave and Cetaphil is that they dont seem to be part of any organized process.
Both processes seem to rely on the idea of getting a good idea, which is what I think Cerave is all about. Cerave seems very much like the idea process of making a prototype in the physical world. Cetaphil seems more like the idea process of creating a working product in the physical world. They both seem to involve the idea of getting something that is good, but they dont seem to me to be about getting exactly what you want.
If you are looking for some ideas about process, I would suggest reading this article in Wired. In it, the author shows you that there are three things that have to happen in order to get a great idea into the world: It has to be good, it has to be small, and it has to be a problem. The article also describes that the three things can be interwoven in order for a process to work.
The three things aren’t just about being small, they’re also about being effective. Cerave’s idea was to make a better computer. The problem was that the idea wasn’t good enough to start with. Cetaphil’s idea was to make a better computer. The problem was that it was too small.