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I would like to hear some examples of why this only sounds good on the surface, but in reality don't actually apply to startups...

• rdl 16y ago
  Generally, because startups are positive-sum, and your customers and competitors are not out to kill you (and in fact, in a lot of cases, other firms in the same field, even if they compete, will cooperate on standards, support each other incidentally by growing the market, and can coexist nicely). As well, while the government sometimes gets in the way of startups, and some things like IP law can be roadblocks, startups aren't generally doing something explicitly illegal, and your risk of being shot by the feds on a daily basis is a lot lower.