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Mostly me too products. like... "Google.com: A search engine that looks at link popularity to find the best search results. It's going to revolutionize search

by zaidf 17y ago

Mostly me too products. like... "Google.com: A search engine that looks at link popularity to find the best search results. It's going to revolutionize search." Talk to investors from the starting days of Google, and they'll cite you a dozen examples of similar sounding pitches. It's hard to tell from few liners about the future of a company.

rmorrison 17y ago
Just because there have been successful "me too" products, doesn't mean that they are all worthwhile pursuits. It seems that Google is too often played as a trump card to support ideas that don't stand on their own as viable businesses. (Although, I'm not saying that's the case with this list)
- zaidf 17y ago
  doesn't mean that they are all worthwhile pursuits Similarly, just because they are "me too" product doesn't mean they won't succeed. It seems that "me too" product is too often played as a trump card to discard new startups.
  - rmorrison 17y ago
    Fair enough = )