First off — there's no magic to startups.
The best-kept secret about startups (especially for first-time entrepreneurs) is that you don't have to re-invent the wheel to be successful.
It's a secret because, in my experience, young entrepreneurs don't want to hear that someone has already solved 98% of the problem they want to tackle — and that they should focus on the remaining 2% — to increase their odds of success.
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