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What a ridiculous and false assertion-- all you've demonstrated is that there are costs of entering the market.

That says nothing about the potentially enormous profits to be made if your redesigned condom beats the competition and becomes a new consumer favorite. Condoms are purchased by people in a wide age range, income bracket, geographic location, etc. Even a small percentage of the total market would be an enormous amount of money.

You might as well have said that Tesla Motors was a terrible idea, arguing that there's no money to be made in automobiles because of all the upfront costs of designing cars, building factories, and obtaining regulatory permission.

In fact, the entire point of starting any business is to overcome upfront costs by seeking long-term profits.




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