Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doing It All Wrong

Re:Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doi... by willaaye on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @01:39PM (#6677073)

That's a terrible way to think. Drew Houston knew Microsoft and Google were already in the midst of building competitors when he applied Dropbox to YC.

I hope fellow entrepreneurs dont ever get discouraged when they see larger companies follow them on the same trail. It means they are on the right track more than anything else.

Dropbox didnt get discouraged and neither should any other startup.

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Re:Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doi... by WA on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @02:05PM (#6677295)

I think you're comparing apples to oranges here. Dropbox was different and still is and came after Google and Microsoft were building their stuff.

In this case, LiveNinja was first, Google copied it, apparently building the exact same product.

So, I'd read the original post as "please buy us" as well.

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Re:Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doi... by mikeg8 on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @03:00PM (#6677772)

nailed it.

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Re:Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doi... by chourobin on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @02:04PM (#6677291)

Another example is Facebook Poke and Snapchat.

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