Startup Mimicry: Copycats

What does it mean to be an entrepreneur revolutionary? What does it mean to be an entrepreneur copycat? As an entrepreneur, do you create markets? Or do you ride the markets with a better value proposition? Do you want to be considered a revolutionary or evolutionary? Which is better?

One flaw in thinking I noticed among entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector — and especially while running a venture capital fund in Silicon Valley — is the incredibly romantic notion of wanting to be a business r...