happened to me before, and it rocked me because i had finally found and started to implement an idea of mine that i thought was really what had passion for, and

happened to me before, and it rocked me because i had finally found and started to implement an idea of mine that i thought was really what had passion for, and i thiught it was unique. later on i found that there was something similar, but not exactly the same, and it depressed and destroyed my motivation all in one fell swoop because this company had been around for 2 years already in the market, but after awhile, i realized that this is not necessarily a bad thing, it totally validates that there's a market for this, so i got back on my proverbial horse and started back on my passion wave! look at the iphone, at the time blackberry and nokia were in the market for years and dominant players, did it mean that they should give up? granted apple had the funds and resources to go big on iphone, but you're up against a kickstarter product, not exactly rim or nokia of that time :)