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6 Ways To Win By Creative Partnering With Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

A strategic partnership, negotiated with a win-win attitude, can accomplish growth faster and cheaper than either could do alone. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels. Competitors can become strategic investors or merger candidates.

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Startups Must Embrace Coopetition For Rapid Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

A strategic partnership, negotiated with a win-win attitude, can accomplish growth faster and cheaper than either could do alone. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels. Competitors can become strategic investors or merger candidates.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate.

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

But in the coming age of generative AI, endless synthetic content and misinformation – there might be an opportunity for traditional media companies to regain their reputation as a 4th branch within a democracy. And make some money along the way. Example: This week on the Possible podcast, I share a clip of an AI version of me.