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Very few innovative startups have ever succeeded by declaring that "technology has its limits, we better work within them!"

To be successful, you usually have to do something outside the comfort limits of existing technology.



WhatsApp innovated by smart use of technology within the limits of how real social interaction works.

Twitter innovated by redefining how social interaction works - and then proceeded to slowly grow bloated and cashless.




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