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Critical Lesson: "Was it worth starting a startup when competitors could easily copy him? The answer in such cases is almost always yes." -- Being Copied (Paul Graham) Apr 2006 (infogami.com)
3 points by staunch on May 13, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I think this is one of the most important lessons you can learn. When you have a really great idea it's easy to feel nervious about how obvious or simple it is. I think a lot of great products are never built because of that effect.

Your real competitive advantage is having a clearer vision of the problem and being ridiculously more passionate about solving it.




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