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A comment on Ask HN: Is it poor form to clone a startup with little to no competitors?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it poor form to clone a startup with little to... by top256 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:35AM (#15491233)
I started a company doing email delivery 2 years before Sendgrid. Sendgrid appeared and raised tons of funding (we were based in France so it was not possible to raise money at that time).

I got really really scared. Fast forward, 2 years after:

- product becomes cheaper - product becomes more reliable - we were making tons of money - we had more customers

I studied microeconomic a little bit after this and this is exactly what they predict.

TL;DR; it's probably poor form but all participants of your market will be better out of it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it poor form to clone a startup with little to... by duplicater on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:38AM (#15491820)
Definitely, there appears to be market validation. How big is that market? Perhaps big enough for one more...

And congrats on your venture!

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