Nothing to Lose (or Risk Tolerance is a Competitive Weapon)

According to Josh Kopelman the current economic downturn is difficult for startups (no surprise) but that it also brings real opportunities to attack large entrenched players. His reasoning is that startups can take more risks than large players and shows this with an example how Paypal blew the eBay billpoint out of the water round the year 2000. For more details read the complete post of Josh