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Meet the 25 Startups Competing at SXSW Startup Night 2018

Tech.Co

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Tapping into a niche community is part of Quirktastic Media’s competitive advantage.

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7 Strategies To Create Your Own Market And Win Bigger

Startup Professionals Musings

It may sound counterintuitive, but when you are creating a new market, competition helps legitimize it and increases the size of the pie. Elon Musk, for example, opened all his battery patents to competitors, with the expectation that this would expand the market as well as build the support infrastructure for his Tesla electric car market.

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Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Rather than leave your customer focus at the delivery stage, and technology in the front, customer needs and expectations must be the beginning of your journey via requirements, and remembered all along the way in times of crisis and confusion, competition, growth, failure, and success.

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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are very attractive to investors, since these are not easily overcome by competitors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/11/2018. Solo entrepreneurs have a hard time finding an investor.

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