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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by yequalsx on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:54PM (#16218123)
This seems a bit simplistic. I mean, it's not the case that all markets are dominated by huge mega corps. There are thriving businesses that are not on the scale of Google, AirBnB, Microsoft, etc. If a startup in Switzerland gets traction and it's a space that can scale globally then it seems like it naturally will scale. I doubt anyone would not want to grow if it can.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by lenzm on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @11:52AM (#16224144)
Tech and software tend to be more dominated by large players though because of economies of scale - launching new companies in every country would be wildly expensive and inefficient compared to AirBnB's trivial costs for adding a new country.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by timewarrior on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:02PM (#16218204)
I agree. But my point was that there was a natural resistance to scaling to global levels. Which is detrimental if you are in a market which has a potential to be dominated by a global mega corp.
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