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the door someone left unlocked, whether it's a market, a system, or your ex's phone.
means a specific place or moment where access begins, exploited by traders, hackers, or founders looking for the weakest edge.
from finance and military strategy share the term: soldiers breach a perimeter, traders time a position — both mean the same thing, find where resistance is lowest and go in there.
trading rulegood entry beats good exit in most strategies
security termattack surface counts every possible entry point
startup logiccheapest entry point wins the whole market later
for instance
stripe api keys — 2011, gave developers a 7-line entry into payments
iphone jailbreak — 2007, bootrom exploit became the first real ios entry point
trojan horse — ancient troy, literally the original disguised entry point
freemium tier — spotify 2008, free plan as entry point to paid conversion