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Markets reward useful defendable uniqueness. Making something people want is a foundation, but no good if someone else copies it (and perhaps does it better am
by hyperpallium 8y ago
Markets reward useful defendable uniqueness.
Making something people want is a foundation, but no good if someone else copies it (and perhaps does it better amd markets it better through capitalization).
I think the YC playbook is if you keep improving it, it's hard for copiers to catch up (so don't worry about competitors/copiers in themselves, look fotward, not behind you). There's also a market advantage of being first - people like that, and you've have longer for news to spread about you.
- nopinsight 8y agoGood elaboration. You could say defendability is implied by uniqueness. Once it is copied it is no longer unique. Better to have it spelled out though. I used the word ‘toward’ to hint that there is no perfect market fit. One can only continually improve toward the ideal, which also keeps changing. I think we largely agree. :)