Well there are winners and losers. So we’ll see if they make it to the IPO stage.
As I posted at #11 it’s hardly a unique concept but who knows?
Diapers are hardly a unique concept, either, but the guy who is starting Jet.com previously sold his online diaper service to Amazon for a half-billion dollars. There are good reasons investors have already ponied up a quarter billion to be in on this - the founders track record.
I'm sure Martin took that into consideration before he risked his $18k and all that work. Everything is a gamble, but people who win are generally those who can perceive genuine opportunity from fluff. I just think a lot more professionalism went on here than people are giving Martin credit for - it wasn't a lottery.