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16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted".

Wow.

[0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

Wow indeed. Nothing new under the sun, but right now the tech sector seem to be particularly vulnerable to the power of the big guys.

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16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

Warren Buffet would advise people to invest in moats.

Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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post #2

16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

Not really that surprising.

It's why we've had so many acquihires over the years as well as companies like Facebook spending so much to acquire potential competitors like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus etc.

Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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post #2

16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

Proof for this claim?

Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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post #2

16:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018

IMO, the optimal self-serving but long-term-benevolent tech pioneer should go the Bill Gates route -- after a significant disruption, invest in moats during a medium length career(20-30 years), and then divest from the industry and pursue philanthropy. Microsoft's moats have been opened up and now allow many other players to disrupt in their former core industries, and Bill doesn't care anymore

Today's tech are the dark ages of tech moats, because it's also the golden age of internet and technology innovation -- but anyone building anything promising gets gobbled up by the same 4-5 FAANG+ giants. I worry that these tech moats will not go away even when their founders transition with billions of dollars in the bank, leaving the next generation of creators to have to expend half their energy filling these moats before they can disrupt anything.

Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]

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World's biggest cat Even you can't believe it's size See her video https://howto105.blogspot.com/2019/04/worlds-biggest-cat.htm...

See the video a dog shopping and lots of other acts like humans http://bit.ly/2DCpo9I

Even you can't believe there is a hen in world's biggest animals See the video how they looks and what they do https://cutt.ly/1rOU7Q

Fish walking with legs like humans See the video on link below http://bit.ly/2XRGyYD

This couple is different Girls are both twins and boys are also twin brothers see how they look in video http://bit.ly/2VwoZQd

A cute dog is dancing in video Just watch this video and try to control your laugh http://bit.ly/2ZK1XVs

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