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6 Ways To Win By Creative Partnering With Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

All this was done without damaging anyone’s credibility, or stealing customers. It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Ability to up-sell customers with related products.

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Startups Must Embrace Coopetition For Rapid Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

All this was done without damaging anyone’s credibility, or stealing customers. It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Ability to up-sell customers with related products.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Investors: Greylock (Asheem Chandna) (lead), LightSpeed (Ravi Mhatre) (lead). Segment Four, “VC Discussion – How Should Entrepreneurs Think about ‘StrategicInvestors?”. I believe that “strategic&# money is an oxymoron.

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