Paul Buchheit on why focus is your most powerful weapon versus large companies
Short YouTube clip in which Paul Buchheit argues that focus is a startup's most powerful weapon against larger companies. He explains that startups can win by concentrating all resources on one point (example: Google focused solely on search early on), whereas larger companies dilute effort across many initiatives ("we want to be a portal").
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