Internet Scam Alert: Most "Kickstarter" Projects Just Useless Crap
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It may not scale, but the chances of it making (any/more) money are much higher ("riches are in the niches") than a "fast startup" as it's very rare for a startup to grow fast and monetize quickly at the same time, because most people just won't buy immediately, sometimes even if it solves a problem for them.
That is the exact point of the essay. An average niche business makes more money than an average startup, but a successful startup makes many orders of magnitude more money than a successful niche business. // beginning of file
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So you're saying that the probability of picking up the big winners would be the same if YC accepted applicants at random?