Clearly the X variable is highly dependent on the space (as Daniel points out in the article). That said, the initial friction point for creating a startup is s

Clearly the X variable is highly dependent on the space (as Daniel points out in the article). That said, the initial friction point for creating a startup is substantially lower than it was 10 years ago, especially for pure web based alternatives. Domain names, hosting, scalable cloud services, development/server licenses, support assistance, etc. have all dropped substantially over the last 10 years.