Competitive Advantage
Factors that enable a person, team, company etc. to outperform competitors.
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Competitive Advantage
Before he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor. “But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said. So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition. As Ford spent time around the other aspiring actors on that metaphoric bus, ... See more
Our startup gets cloned all the time
If you're building in public and you get any semblance of success, you will inevitably also get cloned.
Here's why you shouldn't be too worried:
1. Founders who clone are less likely to fight on a long time horizon.___LINEBREA... See more
David Parkx.com“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 moreI think our competitive aim is always been... This is going to sound like very basic but it’s true. It’s just we do what we say we’re going to do when we say we’re going to do it. We just try to practice extreme reliability. And it’s an accruing advantage because the more people know that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do, you’re going to t... See more
Brent Beshore – Building And Growing A Competitive Advantage At Permanent Equity – Ep. 76 - Searchfunder
We talk about moats and competitive advantages the traditional way - IP, brand, distribution. I love the idea of "extreme reliability" as a competitive advantage for people and companies - very few people say what they mean, do what they say, and do so when they said they were going to do it.
All of the things you can do 'slightly better' add up to your core advantage.
The ultimate competitive advantage is actually giving a shit about the problem you're working on. When Airbnb had just a few dozen employees, Rocket Internet raised $90 million and hired hundreds of people to clone and crush them.
Stew Fortier • Tweet
millions of dollars of funding can't compete with a company having a soul