A lack of competitors is almost always a bad thing because it means the market you entered doesn't interest anybody else. Completely disagree with this. There

A lack of competitors is almost always a bad thing because it means the market you entered doesn't interest anybody else. Completely disagree with this. There are plenty of successful startups that created a whole new niche that didn't even exist before they got into it. If anything, the lack of competition (and a high barrier of entry) were significant reasons for their success.