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If someone wants to copy a YC company that's m months old, a copy-cat site could be build in ~ m months. None of the YC companies seem to have a "secret sauce"
by npk 19y ago
If someone wants to copy a YC company that's m months old, a copy-cat site could be build in ~ m months. None of the YC companies seem to have a "secret sauce" that would take years to develop. (And I'm not saying they should.)
Since the answer to the duplication question is universally "no", why put it on the application? What is the subtext that I am missing?
- davidw 19y agoTo get people thinking about it?
- ido 19y agoWhat they can't easily copy from a month old YC company is the huge amount of free publicity/contacts that comes from being a YC company.
- juwo 19y agoEvery VC wants to know if you have invented something unique - that you can patent. NP Holdings vs. RIM = 600 M