The document analyzes the risks of entering an industry with high barriers to entry, including buyer power, supplier power, threat of substitutes, and rivalry among existing firms that dominate the market. It discusses a startup in the social music discovery market that faced high costs, lack of differentiation from major competitors, risk of investment, and challenges carrying inventory that ultimately led to the startup being phased out. The key takeaways are about considering all risks from beginning to end when entering a saturated market with large competitors.