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by zapita 1918 days ago
“startups for startups” is not so much leverage as it is a way to enter the market. If your competition is too entrenched to take on directly, you find a way to “wrap” it with an adjacent product. Then once you have a foothold with joint customers, you expand your product to until your complement is reduced to unprofitable commodity, and customers derive all the value from you.