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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. Cross endorsement.

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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. Cross endorsement.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. … We have a stock market that works for one kind of buzzy (Demand Pull) stock but is a disaster for the rest of the economy.