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if it helps, farmville was a near duplicate rip-off of farm town, and it's now one of the most successful facebook apps. you don't always need to have 100% uni
by jmtame 17y ago
if it helps, farmville was a near duplicate rip-off of farm town, and it's now one of the most successful facebook apps. you don't always need to have 100% unique ideas. zynga spent more money advertising, and is now profitable with something like 100+ million players.
- dannyr 17y agoBut they had to spend boatloads of cash to acquire users. I don't think YC startups have lots of money to spend on advertising.
- patio11 17y agoIf COCA is less than first months earnings you have nigh infinite cash until you run out of channel. If Google found me ten million dollars worth of ads I'd have a stressful month doing daily credit card payments and calls to bank, but it would end with fifteen million in pocket and more miles than I want to think about.