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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. If they are taking on problems that the other company is really, really, really good at, then they better have a strong differentiating thing.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. If they are taking on problems that the other company is really, really, really good at, then they better have a strong differentiating thing.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

If they have worked in business for 20 years, you have an 700-1 experience differential right out of the gate. That said, the NYSE and NASDAQ have SEC approval for “Direct Listing with a Primary Raise.” The others are all B2B companies. Both the members of Party B and Party C work on 30-40 IPOs per year. Interestingly, the 7.5X

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