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A really successful startup always increases its own market. E.g. the microcomputer market grew after VisiCalc was invented, which only happened because microcomputers existed.
It's very dangerous for those in authority to require proof of the potential of an idea before allowing it to happen. The best ideas always embody this sort of self-growing cycle, but it tends to be impossible to predict, even by the people who have the idea.
Two possible solutions for people who have to decide which projects to back: 1. Admit you're deciding based on hunches, and just try to be really good at that. 2. Make the cost of failure low. E.g. back a lot of small projects instead of one big one.
Depends on how do you define the market. A market of only one player (or just one previously non-existent category) is not really interesting (neither it is a market).
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Isn’t this what people mean when they say they are going to build a ‘platform’, mostly?
I was interpreting this along the lines of “defining a (ripe for growth) category” versus building a set of products
In a parallel universe: A really successful startup always increases its own market. E.g. Visi On grew by allowing users to create and run applications, which only happened because Visi On existed. # Visi Tweet # Comdex 2019
Same with Edison and light bulbs, projectors, etc. + power plants and the grid.
What’s next market revolution?
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