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>Long term thinking is a big potential advantage startups have

This seems unlikely, given the financial insecurity associated with startups.

One example of long term thinking would be military procurement and similar. It takes a decade at least to develop a new weapons platform, which is then deployed for several more decades. One example that comes to mind, and that might appeal to HN readers, is the fact that the technology in the space shuttle was mostly developed in the 1970's and only decommissioned circa 2011.