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And a lot if its downfall comes from how easy it is to copycat it. Color, in contrast, had none of the above.

, there were several startups in China trying to make a copycat of twitter in China. We call it micro-blogs and there are companies like hainei, jiwai, etc.

- Paul Myers As a postscript, the amount of copycat protests are also slightly embarrassing. It's great to show solidarity, but for instance I don't think there needs to be one for my town.

Apple is neither a patent troll nor is it a copycat shop like most of the PC manufacturers. If Apple doesnt deserve patent protection, nobody does.

Instead it's much more of a copycat, cool-for-a-day, chase-the-herd atmosphere. Don't do that.

It's almost a copycat situation to be honest but she was lucky. Three days on ICU and the surgery failed, plus she had an internal bleed where they did a "stupidly bad job" according to our current surgical reg.

All of these companies try to imitate Apple releasing vaguely copycat products but none of them get it. They're engaged in what I call "shotgun marketing" as they have no idea what the market wants and just fire off a shotgun blast, hoping something will stick.

So that's the four trends I've seen in HA, your observation of extensive partnering agreements, the cost is exploding, every copycat is the first product ever, and appearance is the #1 priority. None of the trends could have been extrapolated from the earliest days in the 80s to 2010 or so.

The following conclusions are applicable: - Mass shootings are likely not a 'copycat' crime, and each event is likely completely independent of any other event occurring. - You should expect about 10 mass shootings over the next 5 years.

, why are you now 'giving away your secret sauce' by running a website dedicated to teach people how to setup "copycat" businesses? Is it that the drop shipping business has gotten so competitive that there is more money in teaching people about it than the business itself, or were there other reasons?

What people have abandoned is indoor, stale, sunlight less, copycat malls with the same awful pizza and Chinese chains and the same terrible jewelry stores. People want shopping centers to reflect regional and local character, be in town centers, and offer high quality unique options with a few staples.

> There's a simple explanation - the authorities' main priority is to prevent copycat attacks The weapons used on 9/11 were surprise and that standard operating procedure in a hijacking situation was to do as hijackers said. Both weapons were ineffective by the time the 4th plane found out.

Not surprisingly, this tends to produce copycat concepts, products with no real market fit, services that target sexy but oversaturated markets, etc. There are lots and lots of problems that are either unsolved or are being solved in ways that are less efficient and cost-effective than they could be, particularly outside of the consumer space.