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Why You Should Make Your Competitors Your Frenemies

Why You Should Make Your Competitors Your Frenemies

By Mark Suster on December 27, 2010

Yesterday I wrote about how to talk to investors about your competitors.  In short, acknowledge they exist, be transparent about strengths & weaknesses and use your differences to talk about how you want to position yourself in the market. Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy” – it’s the rallying [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged Betamax, cloud computing, competition, Evil Empire, frenemies, frenemy, marc benioff, salesforce.com, Siebel Systems, Startup Advice | 1 Response

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