After flashes of success came periods of inconsistency.
They do not cope well with a long series of defeats, interrupted by sporadic flashes of success.From Silicon Valley to Bretton WoodsIf they work as planned, Mr Rodrik's industrial policies would remove one motivation for the emerging world's trade surpluses.
The company's investors are betting that Xiaomi can enjoy similar success outside China and there are early signs of success – a flash sale of its Mi3 phone in India sold out in just four seconds in October.
Getting lost on your jet-ski at night with only your iPhone flash to guide you is the inverse of success.
Only a handful of other starlets have been able to parlay their flash-in-the-pan fame to a similar level of success.
Flashing between fantasy and grim reality, he describes the tawdry downside of success (his cousin asking him for a selfie at his grandmother's funeral).
This kind of success, both in terms of traffic and games industry engagement, is hardly a flash in the pan.
"The balloon of success".
