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Startup anti-pattern: platform risk
One of the fastest ways for a startup to grow has always been to ride on the shoulders of a successful platform: from Microsoft/OSS in software to AWS in cloud computing to iOS/Android in mobile to Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest in social to … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-pattern, startups
Tagged anti-pattern, forced upgrades, lock in, platform risk, poison pill, startup anti-patterns, startups
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