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"And while China gets a rap for ripping off U.S. Web start-ups now, I think we’re going to start seeing U.S. start-ups copying a lot of elements of Chinese entr
by carbon8 17y ago
"And while China gets a rap for ripping off U.S. Web start-ups now, I think we’re going to start seeing U.S. start-ups copying a lot of elements of Chinese entrepreneurs’ business plans...[lists some business models]"
Interesting slight of hand there.
- megaduck 17y agoYeah. The rap is pretty well deserved, regardless of what happens in the future. I have a friend who's at a venture-backed startup here in Beijing (not software). At a local startup meet-and-greet, he started talking to the founder of a local web startup. The business model? "We copy FriendFeed."
- cmars232 17y agoI see nothing wrong with that. It's a winning strategy until these services are mature and commoditized in China. At that point, you'll perhaps see market pressures drive innovation. If FriendFeed doesn't want to support the Chinese language, or doesn't support it well enough, there's a great opportunity. Maybe they'll get bought out by FriendFeed at some point!