product -> platform -> library -> standard library -> language -...

		10ren on Aug 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jason Calacanis' Warning To Y Combinator Startups ... product -> platform -> library -> standard library -> language -> OS -> FPGA -> ASIC -> SoC "Reaching critical mass" [so customers identify you with the technology/idea] is one way to avoid this.