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Am I the only one that looks at that chart and thinks "huh?!? half those spaces are already saturated"? Sure, that's his manifesto to fund now (ie companies fu
by dotBen 16y ago
Am I the only one that looks at that chart and thinks "huh?!? half those spaces are already saturated"?
Sure, that's his manifesto to fund now (ie companies funded today probably were founded chosen 6+ months ago, and those ideas would be fresher then). Plus he gets to pick the cream of the crop.
But would anyone on HN seriously consider starting a startup today based around check-ins or a Groupon clone? Both spaces seem totally done to me - there are plenty of startups in those spaces and so you can only compete on niche (thus smaller market) or if you can totally disrupt with a genius idea (unlikely). And in both of those areas (and others in Conway's list) you have first mover advantage and network effect against you.
Seems to me the trick is to consider what will be on his next list and start working on that now.