Serious Biz Question: Big Fish / Little Fish?

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Originally Posted by Dravyk

To this: "small fish tend to have a larger number of big fish who can buy them out" and this: "Once you eat all the small fish, you have no more food and you starve a slow death." I say no. A big fish can be bought out from a bigger fish in a bigger pond.

Ah, so we're jumping ponds now, eh? That's the bigger hidden secret.

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Also to this: "Once you eat all the small fish, you have no more food and you starve a slow death." I'd have to reply. No, you don't starve a slow death, o contraire; you now have a monopoly!

Point well taken, I didn't phrase it right. I was trying to make a point about limited growth. Monopolies can be cool... unless the pond wasn't that big to begin with. It all depends on the niche, yet another variable like I mentioned.