What would it take for a software startup to enter the commercial listing space and succeed, ideally destroying the fat-cat incumbents in the process?
Specifics please. Coming from a startup background.
[{"id": "hphx9cd", "text": "Many have tried and Costar killed or bought most of them.", "replies": [{"id": "hpim97g", "text": "What companies?", "replies": [{"id": "hpiq9d3", "text": "Xeceligent", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "hpk28r4", "text": "Costar killed Xceligent. They bought loopnet, ten-x, apartments.com, among several others. Pretty much gutted loopnet when they did. Currently they are suing Crexi in an attempt to kill them.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hphy8mj", "text": "Nothing short of anti-trust action against Costar.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hpi1nyy", "text": "It would take a lot of marketing dollars, which is how most software companies win a market honestly.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]