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and these "startups" are making life tough for small businesses (mom and pop stores). No sympathy from me.
by honkler 4y ago
and these "startups" are making life tough for small businesses (mom and pop stores). No sympathy from me.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoyeah, just thinking about all the artisanal home grown mom and pop run email autocompleting companies that EasyEmail was putting out of business gives me the heebie-jeebies.
- Apocryphon 4y agoMailchimp was a little like that, as it was started in 2001, between tech bubbles, and was mostly a side project for years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/08/the-new-atlanta-billionaires-behind-an-unlikely-tech-unicorn/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/08/the-new-a...
- mourinhoalex 4y agoBig companies also make it hard for mom and pop stores? In the end competition is tough and when there are new players old ones suffer.
- honkler 4y agopoint is that it doesn't matter which one of them wins. Both screw over working class people.
- spideymans 4y agoHow? Are you talking about real estate prices?
- honkler 4y agoI'm thinking of so called "disruption" associated with startups. Whose lifestyle is actually disrupted? The have-nots.