> If his tech model turns out to be relatively successful, a medium-sized company in tech will be able to easily copy his model and out-compete him Does this h

> If his tech model turns out to be relatively successful, a medium-sized company in tech will be able to easily copy his model and out-compete him Does this happen all the time and we don't realise it due to survivorship bias? And if so, how do we account for the successful stories that started from the bottom up and became medium-sized companies themselves?