Q: How much should I worry about what my competitors are doing?
Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and Paul Graham on why companies shouldn't focus on their competitors.
Bezos also sums it up perfectly in the video clip below.
“If… Show more
Mike McGuinesstwitter.comQ: How much should I worry about what my competitors are doing? Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and Paul Graham on why companies shouldn't focus on their competitors. Bezos also sums it up perfectly in the video clip below. “If… Show more
“At both Viaweb and YC, every minute I spent thinking about competitors was, in retrospect, a minute wasted... It's exceptionally rare for startups to be killed by competitors — so rare that you can almost discount the possibility... Inexperienced founders usually give competitors more credit than they deserve. Whether you succeed depends far more
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