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Why Startups Aren’t Changing the World This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Monday, September 21, 2009

In a world with plenty of big problems, most startups are trying to solve small ones.

The most talked-about thing at last week’s TechCrunch50 conference for startups seemed to be not a company but a single comment from one of the judges, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who lamented, “I didn’t see anything that was trying to change the world,” prompting numerous blog posts and discussions. Leave aside for a moment the observation that what changes the world typically doesn’t come across that way at first. (I doubt Twitter’s founders mentioned during their [...]

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