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If the startups are just CRUD apps then are those defensible businesses? As per my understanding most successful software businesses have something in their tec
by s_erik 8y ago
If the startups are just CRUD apps then are those defensible businesses? As per my understanding most successful software businesses have something in their tech stack that cannot be easily replicated.
- remyp 8y agoTechnology is not the only “moat” there is. A photo sharing app is ultimately CRUD but it’s pretty hard to take down Instagram.
- razorbladeknife 8y agoIt's not true. Think of Dropbox or Instagram or even Amazon What's there which technologically can't be replicated given enough money? It's the userbase/network effect which can't be reflected if given
- _448 8y agoBut they all had technical founders/co-founders? Thats what I think OP's question was related to?
- shoo 8y agomaybe another way of framing it is that not all startups are software businesses, maybe they provide some other service that just happens to depend upon some software, and perhaps a bunch of other things