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Re:What you should know as a founder of a software company by ivm on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:10AM (#15516379)
SalesForce was founded in 1999. Are there any examples that released after 2010 and got a significant part of their markets? Except for maybe Snapchat which is not too bad, just weird.
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Re:What you should know as a founder of a software company by mbesto on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:34PM (#15517088)
> SalesForce was founded in 1999

Why is that fact relevant? Care to elaborate?

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Re:What you should know as a founder of a software company by ivm on Friday October 20, 2017 @01:26PM (#15517544)
Because in the last years all the markets have become extremely competitive, including the niche ones. Even if you find an "easy" market and make a product with weak UX for it – it's only a matter of time before a competitor redesigns your idea into something better (example: HipChat and Slack).
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