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mywittyname on May 1, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: New startup sells coffee through SSH

No joke, but "startup" can often be code for, "extremely high-quality items that are subsidized by VC money". The quality doesn't last, but if you get in early, you can often buy stuff that's way nicer than it should be for the price.

tonymet on May 1, 2024 [–]

i would frame this comment if I could.

Early AirBnB, Lyft, Uber, Lime, Bird, Netflix, online-retail were very high quality for low cost and then inverted.

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