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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.



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.


nailed it.


Another example is Facebook Poke and Snapchat.




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