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Comment by osigurdson

6 months ago

Correction, I meant pets.com. Liquidated in 2002 for $125K, while Amazon is worth $2T. My point, generally, is the market doesn't want overly specialized products.

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gwd  6 months ago

OTOH, Amazon did start by focusing exclusively on mastering the online book market.

  • osigurdson  6 months ago

    Yes, but they never ended to only sell books.

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