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Makes sense that the high profile founders that started companies when young were largely inventing new industries from scratch. I'm actually struggling to thin
by jeffreyrogers 5y ago
Makes sense that the high profile founders that started companies when young were largely inventing new industries from scratch. I'm actually struggling to think of a case where that's not true. Stripe kind of fits, but that's arguable.
- beckingz 5y agoAll the examples I can think of didn't actually start a new industry. They did get in early on a new industry, but they didn't start it even if they ended up defining it.
- pessimizer 5y agoFacebook and Google were latecomers. Facebook just executed better than Friendster and Myspace, and Google had their link-counting gimmick.
- denton-scratch 5y ago> Google had their link-counting gimmick In the early years, Google was a breath of fresh air; their product (search engine) was miles better than the competition, it looked better, and it wasn't encumbered with ads. That was no gimmick. It's sad, what things have come to.