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I've heard this question so much, that I might as well ask - has anyone ever (in maybe the last 5 years) had their startup idea, copied then successfully execut
by nemothekid 13y ago
I've heard this question so much, that I might as well ask - has anyone ever (in maybe the last 5 years) had their startup idea, copied then successfully executed by Google that led to the destruction of your startup?
I can only really think that once Reader was released it may have killed a couple startups but other than that I don't see the historical context for why this question gets asked so often. Google Drive didn't kill Dropbox, and AWS has yet to kill linode.
- eli 13y agoGoogle Video famously failed to kill YouTube, and not for lack of trying!
- loceng 13y agoFacebook got started similarly, though that was a coder hired to work on a project and told details presumably in confidence.
- jlees 13y agoI've definitely seen "feature" startups that didn't do so well once Google finally moved, but it's been more of an issue with startups built entirely within an ecosystem & taking advantage of missing platform features e.g. Twitter.
- bdcravens 13y agoI'd argue that startups that can be killed by something Google releases aren't businesses, they're products.