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“If your whole business relies on us, you might want to pick a different one”

Posted by gonchs on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:43AM
from the self-post dept.

For anyone considering building a business as an integration provider on top of Embed.ly (the only way to get embedded on Medium), you may want to follow the advice from the founder, Sean Creeley, who just sent me this:"If your whole business relies on us, you might want to pick a different one.".TIMELINE:1) I ask Embed.ly if the novelty factor (existing competitor) would be an issue before...

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