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A couple of weeks ago, I attended a startup event where someone asked an intriguing question: "Why doesn't India have its own version of Instagram or WhatsApp? Why do startups trying to build similar platforms get rejected by investors as mere copie

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Its Him

Founder/CEO@Confiden... • 6m

Because we don't need another one. Not a copy cat for sure. Most copy cats fail cuz they think nationalism would get them to billions, even if they completely lack innovation and unique value. That might work when you enter very early in the market. For example, if someone had built a better, Indian Instagram, JUST when Instagram was launched, we might had been using it right now, but now it is impossibly impossible. So the reason is innovativation and unique value.

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