Ask HN: Copying already existing product and making it better

Re:Ask HN: Copying already existing product and making it be... by amorphous on Saturday August 04, 2018 @07:08AM (#17686351)

Everything is a remix. The problem is, blindly copying just the features of a product is most likely not going to work. You need to understand the whole business and figure out what to copy and what to improve. In other words: you need to understand the customer.

Something to read:

- "Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge"

- https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/08/03/down-with-innovation-u...

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Re:Ask HN: Copying already existing product and making it be... by fandorin on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:27AM (#17696724)

thanks! I will definitely read this!

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