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That seemed awefully smug and discouraging to me. I've been studying up on other people's successes and failures, and it seems there's no simple pattern that fits all.

"You are asserting that, despite the presence of 7 billion other people on the planet, ... you have come up with an idea, a business, a company that none of those other wonderful human beings have thought to invent yet."

Tell that to the Chinese immigrants running the convenience store around the corner. Their unoriginal idea is putting the kids through college.




Hi Phu -- the topic is addressed to internet entrepreneurs, not hard-working small business people. I agree with you.

M


Marc, he law of the land here on Hacker News is not to sign your messages. Cheers!


Got it!

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Competition != death.

Plenty of companies had the same basic idea as an existing company and still made it big. Sometimes execution really is the most important part ex: Dropbox.




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