Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the U.S. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the U.S. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2019

The hypothesis was, companies are in an extremely competitive environment, and it doesn't matter what company or industry they are in, it's been one of the most competitive environments we've seen in a long time. That competitiveness is driving companies to make better decisions. I'm not surprised at all, and expected that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

The longer I do this the more humbled I become. Not the kind of false, humblebrag, “I’m always ready to learn” kind of humble but the “who the f**k knows” and “G-d I hope I’m right” sort of humble. ” I know what I know. The industry did that in 2007. Until it didn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. Thus began my marketing campaign. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

The next pass is the “competitive pass”?—?have It’s why when you hear that somebody went to Stanford, worked at Google, graduated summa cum laude, played professional tennis or whatever else determines a degree of achievement, competitiveness or success in your mind you start by “leaning in” when you meet that person. Not get mad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Never under-estimate or ignore the competition. If you really believe that you have no competition, then you haven’t looked, or there is no market for your solution. You need to know and use the competition as your benchmark, not to degrade them, but to highlight your competitive advantages to customers and investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

He’s wise, thoughtful and has made money across so many different industries it’s humbling. Competition is fierce. He’s an incredibly smart investor and somebody that I actually consider to be a mentor to myself. He wanted to know what I thought of his technology deal. ” That’s precisely it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2011

Joking aside, I wish more VCs would humbly, politely and respectfully tell people when this is the case. If you’re hot you might be able to push this down to 15-20% depending on the investor and the competition. You might just suck. That happens, too. I know it’s strange to say, but I almost always do.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

He has won many over (including me) through his hustle, his relationship, his service approach to venture and the fact that he is, frankly, a very likable and humble guy. Matt says that this service approach has helped Lowercase really win the loyalty of the founders they back in a market that has grown increasingly competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the U.S. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the U.S. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2018

As the soldiers collect the rocks and describe the delectable soup they are making, the villagers begin to view them as something more than mere stones, just as the otherwise sophisticated Kleiner Perkins team’s imagination was ignited by Kaplan’s humble portfolio. Successful, serial entrepreneurs know that honesty is a competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Here are some obvious things that should give you a competitive advantage the next time around: You gain insight into the real market. Overall you become a better person when you have been humbled by failure. They will be disappointed, and likely not support you on your next opportunity, when you need them most.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius. We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. I think you’ll enjoy watching this week’s video. Hello, Chair.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I find older entrepreneurs more willing to have pragmatic debates about competition, for example. A new career if not a humbled one. If older entrepreneurs are more cautious it’s because life’s experiences have taught them to be so. Older entrepreneurs tend to avoid lawsuits where possible. A second act.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

I’ve had many startup founders tell me that their startup literally has no competition,” said Frank Gruber, Cofounder of Tech.Co, Startup of the Year , and Established. “In What startup teams don’t realize is that having competition is good. Then apply for the Startup of the Year Competition today. Prepare for Q&A.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

The Dave I know is very humble. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. Tourette’s Dave who loves a good fight is the Dave you know. Not the Dave I know. And thoughtful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2012

Here are some obvious things that should give you a competitive advantage the next time around: You gain insight into the real market. Overall you become a better person when you have been humbled by failure. They will be disappointed, and likely not support you on your next opportunity, when you need them most.

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Entrepreneur Startup Class Customer 103

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” Most senior execs in startups feel this way until they become CEO and then they feel more humble. Sure, you need to be competitive on price. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is. . “It doesn’t look that tough to be a CEO. I’m doing all the hard work anyways.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration''s Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the US. Marty Zwilling.

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Incubator Startup Help Resource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Business leaders must convince the team that the decision makers today are customers, the marketplace, competition, feedback, innovation, and breakthroughs. Humbly make the call to greatness as you gently spur self-reflection and confidence. Communicate that personal preferences don’t drive the business.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Hire people with Humble Pride who take an ass kicking by a competitor personally. Such employees’ humbleness ensures that they will never put their well-being before that of the company. Otherwise, someone who knows more and works harder will kick your ass." " Failure is one thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2012

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Resource 103

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search? I have written about people who live by strong social contracts in Humble Pride. I recently interviewed Kevin O’Connor , Founder and CEO of FindTheBest and former Founder and CEO of DoubleClick.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2011

Here are some obvious things that should give you a competitive advantage the next time around: You gain insight into the real market. Overall you become a better person when you have been humbled by failure. They will be disappointed, and likely not support you on your next opportunity, when you need them most.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Some will do so in a quiet, unselfish fashion based on Humble Pride , while others will act as A- Players , delivering results while generating negative, unintended consequences. Ripkin represent extreme examples of high and low maintenance sports superstars, the analogy is valid in the business world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2011

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

Ideas 98

Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 98