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For me, the most important point here is about how difficult it is for existing companies to change directions in product vision and yet investors will shy away

by sdh 16y ago

For me, the most important point here is about how difficult it is for existing companies to change directions in product vision and yet investors will shy away from innovation based on the flawed "what if <huge company> decides to do this?" The tech landscape is never fully conquered and all it takes is one inspired, and sometimes obvious, innovation to open the field back up.

OmarIsmail 16y ago
This is a very good point. One of the most common questions that startups get is "why can't big company Y do X?" and yet time and time again startups succeed in such a space. Of course there are cases where company Y does do X, notably Amazon, Twitter and Facebook. So I think the question or answer needs to reflect the history of the particular companies in question. And even then. A lot of times Company X does implement Y and it doesn't kill or even slow the startup down. There are probably many reasons behind this. Fundamentally though I think people should just stop asking this question. Or not treat it as such a big deal. Because it's not in the grand scheme of things.