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		brucephillips on Jan 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Finding Profitable Startup Ideas It's my own deductive theory. An opportunity is a profitable product, meaning demand is higher than cost. Most opportunities are new opportunities, due to market efficiency. So something must have occurred recently to increase demand or decrease cost.

BatFastard on Jan 27, 2018 [–]

So are there no new markets? Is everything just a more efficient way of doing things?

I would say Microsoft found a new market, so did Facebook and Google. Amazon is efficiency, so is Uber, and Tesla.

So there are new markets.

brucephillips on Jan 27, 2018 | [–]

I'm not sure what point of mine you're arguing. I agree that new markets exist.

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