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Perhaps a better name would be a taxonomy of startup strategies. One startup may switch or select several strategies depending on it's size and market. I'm interested in seeing this list expand if you pursue it. Please send me a url to a destination where you'll further develop it. (messel at gmail dot com)

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Sure - will email. Name changed. The important thing is that the categories are not vertical or location specific.

I wonder if you could look for startup opportunities by taking the taxonomy and mapping it to various verticals and countries. When you find a gap with no existing startup, you'd examine if there's a good reason why there's a gap, and if you don't find one you build an MVP for it.

Neat! I like the idea of algorithmically enumerating opportunities for innovation. I'm sure there would be some gems buried in the findings (and some pretty amusing ideas too :-). I'd totally be interested to see this go further.

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