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This domain is frustrating to talk about as a technical person because success isn't based on technical soundness, but rather popularity. So any argument I cou
by yifanl 5y ago
This domain is frustrating to talk about as a technical person because success isn't based on technical soundness, but rather popularity.
So any argument I could realistically make against $sillyAppThatHasVCBacking will not matter if enough Paul Grahams back it and $sillyApp makes itself a moat.
WeWork would be the most prominent example of this; even after their 2019/2020 crash, they'll probably come out of the pandemic okay compared to its competitors simply because it just got big enough.
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- notsureaboutpg 5y agoYou're right. Prominent unicorn competitors to WeWork filed for bankruptcy during the pandemic. One example below https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/05/a-look-at-how-proptech-startup-knotel-went-from-a-1-6b-valuation-to-filing-for-bankruptcy/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/05/a-look-at-how-proptech-sta...
- Kye 5y agoThe Behind the Bastards series on this was great.