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Re:Ask HN: How common is this view within software startup c... by s_erik on Friday March 08, 2019 @06:29AM (#19336663)
If the startups are just CRUD apps then are those defensible businesses? As per my understanding most successful software businesses have something in their tech stack that cannot be easily replicated.
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Re:Ask HN: How common is this view within software startup c... by remyp on Friday March 08, 2019 @07:05AM (#19336832)
Technology is not the only “moat” there is. A photo sharing app is ultimately CRUD but it’s pretty hard to take down Instagram.
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Re:Ask HN: How common is this view within software startup c... by shoo on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:40PM (#19348993)
maybe another way of framing it is that not all startups are software businesses, maybe they provide some other service that just happens to depend upon some software, and perhaps a bunch of other things
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Re:Ask HN: How common is this view within software startup c... by razorbladeknife on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:28AM (#19337272)
It's not true.

Think of Dropbox or Instagram or even Amazon

What's there which technologically can't be replicated given enough money?

It's the userbase/network effect which can't be reflected if given

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Re:Ask HN: How common is this view within software startup c... by _448 on Friday March 08, 2019 @01:35PM (#19340558)
But they all had technical founders/co-founders? Thats what I think OP's question was related to?
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