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Comment on Ask HN: How do you find out if your idea is new?

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If you can't find a solution, potential customers can't find one either.

Even if you do find one, competition is validation of the idea. A common misconception in "startups" is that an idea has to be new to be valid. In fact some of the best startups applied new models to existing ideas with very competitive markets.

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