Re:Underrated Startup Success Factors
by everdayimhustln on Sunday July 09, 2017 @06:06PM
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I love sheepdog startups which are like grandma sleeper cars with 1000 hp under the hood. Innovating in an area others dismiss, and killing it.
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Got any examples?
iPhone (not really a startup), NEST off the top of my head.
Re:Underrated Startup Success Factors
by icebraining on Monday July 10, 2017 @05:09AM
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The iPhone wasn't in any way developed "in an area others dismiss". It was a huge market, with huge new competitors entering it (like Google).
It's the lack of mechanical keyboard that really differentiated it. They all had number pads or mechanical keyboards, because everyone dismissed it. Now none of them do. Even Google's early prototypes had mechanical keyboards. When Schmit took took the idea to Google, they switched to screen keyboards.