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Ask HN: Do You Go Forward After Finding Very Similar Competition?
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Re: Ask HN: Do You Go Forward After Finding Very Similar Competition?
#12You should do whatever brings satisfaction to your life. If that's working on what you are passionate about and happens to be similar to another offering, so be it. That said, being an entrepreneur brings with it a certain disadvantage in that you can become overly fond of an idea, so much so in fact that you will ignore all signs you shouldn't be working on it. Everything in moderation!
You should do whatever brings satisfaction to your life. Are there data to back this up?
Re: Ask HN: Do You Go Forward After Finding Very Similar Competition?
#13You can look at it a couple of different ways, but my mindset is more from the "competition validates the market" and "if you don't have any competition, that's a warning sign" school of thought. Anyway, competition is a fact of life for pretty much every company. If you don't have it today, and your idea is good, you'll have it tomorrow, or next week, or whatever. More than likely, if your idea is really good, you h…
Wow, thank you very much for this. I am certainly going to look into these book recommendations. Yeah, I honestly am still unsure of the name. I was going for something that had to do with "views" or "viewpoints". Thank you for your feedback on it. I hear you loud and clear on the pricing issue. Hell, I hear you loud and clear on all of it. This is very informative. Thanks again!