Founders

'too late' or 'too early' for startups is a useless observation 

countless examples of both early *and* late players winning a market

relevant questions instead:
- is there's a viable gap
- is the category growing fast
- do they have a good plan
- can the team adjust

Dropbox founder Drew Houston’s response to investors who told him online storage is a commodity

When Drew was trying to raise money for his startup Dropbox, he got a lot of pushback from investors.

“Google is going to do this”

“Online storage is a commodity”

To which Drew… https://t.co/jFcx2g0gmj

Startup Archive

'too late' or 'too early' for startups is a useless observation 

countless examples of both early *and* late players winning a market

relevant questions instead:
- is there's a viable gap
- is the category growing fast
- do they have a good plan
- can the team adjust

https://x.com/StartupArchive_/status/1860304813013237861?t=HyogIS_Ipuqocm_VSaCVhg&s=19

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PostHog and Resend feel like modern version of this. Both attacking saturated markets. Both could well win (and off to great starts).