How do you keep up with the ecosystem evolution while building your startup?

The Galapagos Archipelago is one of the most important ecological spots on the planet due to its unique biodiversity, active geology, and relatively well-preserved ecosystems. While everything related to Galapagos sounds incredible, the preservation of its ecosystem was more a coincidence than a planned act.

Our startups are not like Galapagos. They are not isolated from the influences of other companies, the general market, climate changes, and many other influences.

Almost none of the other islands were like Galapagos. Being isolated and unprepared to the external influences made many species extinguished.

According to Yuval Noah Harari in his excellent book Sapiens, "The large island of Madagascar, about 400 kilometers east of the African mainland, offers a famous example. Through millions of years of isolation, a unique collection of animals evolved there. These included the elephant bird, a flightless creature three meters tall and weighing almost half a ton – the largest bird in the world – and the giant lemurs, the globe's largest primates. The elephant birds and the giant lemurs, along with most of the other large animals of Madagascar, suddenly vanished about 1,500 years ago – precisely when the first humans set foot on the island."

While building your startup is hard, you need to keep an eye on the ecosystem, and to be ready to evolve, adapt, and pivot if needed.
If you keep an eye on the evolution of the ecosystem, how do you do that? What are some useful frameworks or techniques that help you out?

Keeping an eye on the ecosystem doesn't mean you should copy your competition. That sometimes happens in nature, but mostly as a defense mechanism, and not the winning strategy.