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Trying to compete against Dropbox/AWS/Box as a lone developer is like trying to build an international airline when all you have is a paper plane. Complaining a
by gammatrigono 8y ago
Trying to compete against Dropbox/AWS/Box as a lone developer is like trying to build an international airline when all you have is a paper plane. Complaining about venture-backed companies beating you makes it seem like you aren't being realistic about what you can actually achieve.
- jondubois 8y agoI don't think that's a fair comparison because the problem is not building the product. The problem is marketing.
- gammatrigono 8y agoCan one person really handle development, feature improvement, security, system management, customer service, marketing, and sales by themselves? For some services, yes, but in a field like cloud storage you simply have to beat Dropbox et al on all counts or you're not going to get any customers.