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A comment on Ask HN: Which startups have the most interesting pivot stories?.

Re:Ask HN: Which startups have the most interesting pivot st... by kujin88 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:14PM (#32743921)
Interesting that no one mentioned Netflix, which originally started off as nothing more than a rentals company.
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Re:Ask HN: Which startups have the most interesting pivot st... by jd_illa on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:15PM (#32743941)
Netflix is a cool one but the transition from rentals to streaming feels more like a natural progression than a pivot.
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Re:Ask HN: Which startups have the most interesting pivot st... by 1270018080 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:50PM (#32744204)
If it was so natural, a single high level executive at Blockbuster should've seen it coming. Accessible and cheap servers, exponentially increasing internet speeds, and smart devices all happening at once was society-altering. It seems obvious in retrospect but it's just tough to spot.
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Re:Ask HN: Which startups have the most interesting pivot st... by solarmist on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @10:27PM (#32745696)
It’s was natural, but also bold. Established companies rarely do bold.

It also wasn’t obvious.

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