The real question isn't "Can you compete with Google" but rather "Should you compete with Google"? Startups have slim chances of success to begin with. Making t

The real question isn't "Can you compete with Google" but rather "Should you compete with Google"? Startups have slim chances of success to begin with. Making them even slimmer by battling it out with Google isn't a very good idea. Why not just find another idea (or not start a company around something that one of the web giants is likely to go into soon enough in the first place).