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What about 6 months later when competitors arrive?

Not all markets are winner takes all or even close to it




You mean competition by more VC subsidized startups?

The competition (or sometimes faux-competition) lasts until investors get bored, then the unsustainable startups slowly go away (often extracting more money from the public on their way out, by means of an IPO), leaving a broken market that needs to be rebuilt, if it's possible at all.


that's only true for unprofitable activity




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