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by brianwawok
1118 days ago
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Imagine 1000 competing companies in the same space. 500 have a team that looks like 3x developer, a design person, and a sales person. 500 have a team that is like 1x developer and a Lawyer Which one wins? Which hits market first? Which is more successful? An early company has to spend money on the core product. If you get wacked by a lawsuit and shut down in year 2, it's a cost of doing business and you go do something else. There isn't enough time in the day or money for an early startup to get every single law perfect. So to answer the OP: You just do your best, and correct when you screw up. |
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If you mean the choice is between a team of 3x developers and 1x lawyer vs 3x developers a designer and a salesperson, the former will win. Design matters very little at the earliest stages, and there's nothing for the salesperson to sell so they are most likely going to make promises to potential customers the developer's can't meet. And if they get any traction, CA or the EU will crack down on them for any privacy violations, which will kill the startup. Meanwhile, the former will chug along until they have a viable product that satisfies regulatory constraints, and acquihire the latter.
The days of regulatory arbitrage as a viable business model are over. There will be no more Ubers and AirBnBs. Governments have caught up to that scam and are significantly more willing to crack down on that now.