never badmouth your competition. it makes you look insecure.
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never badmouth your competition. it makes you look insecure.
“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
... See moreMany companies avoid talking about competitors because they don’t want to be seen as bad-mouthing the competition, which only makes them look bad.
April Dunford • Sales Pitch: How to Craft a Story to Stand Out and Win
You should compete against what someone else could be doing, not just what you can see people doing.”