Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations. A healthy respect for your competition will serve you well.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 13, 2022
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.
Frank Addante
MAY 23, 2012
The dad was, of course, alluding to Google's frequently-used strategy to make available free services in otherwise paid markets to rattle competition and gain market share for advertising-supported products. Andrew's shop now has a new competitor that offers similar yo-yo services for free. Many markets have free alternatives.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 16, 2015
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2014
Sure, you need to be competitive on price. Of course that’s not true. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is. That stuff is for Oracle or IBM. They buy on perceived value. Otherwise you need not keep building out great features – just always drop your price! You’re a startup.
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