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This especially applies to clones. How do you stand out and find the right customer niche?


Eating the big fish is one great book about competing with a market leader. You're talking like go to market is rocket science. Anyone can read a book and follow the steps. Many don't.


    > You're talking like go to market is rocket science.
It is absolutely a data-driven science when done right.


That's all good. I didn't say cloning a saas using AI is everything that's needed. Once a software engineer has cloned a saas they can do go to market science, if that' what you want to call it


If you think that latter part is easy, then you should definitely go clone a SaaS and exit with millions. You have all the tools at your disposal to clone any app that you want now with minimal effort. Be a 1 man team, no overhead. Undercut on price and exit.

In fact, it's not that easy. The second part -- GTM -- is the hardest part; even if you could clone Notion, getting that product in front of customers is the hard part.


I'm sorry you had a tough time GTM'ing


Hey, if you're a GTM genius, let's do it! Over the last 5 years, I've worked at an $8m seed startup that couldn't get it right and folded last Dec. I've built three other products that didn't go anywhere because of GTM (lack thereof). If you're the genius I've been looking for, then ping my LI!




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