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Startup Anti-Pattern #6: Chasing the Competition

Jan 31, 2025·~8 minutes·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

First, a story.

0:46

What It Is

1:19

Why It Matters

1:07

Diagnosis

0:42

Misdiagnosis

0:43

Refactored Solutions

2:13

When It Could Help

0:38

Final Thoughts

0:30

Description

How copying competitors can blur a startup’s strategy and turn product work into a race on someone else’s terms.

We are not affiliated with Itamar Novick, Simeon Simeonov, or Recursive Ventures. We just like the series and wanted to make it easier to listen to, so this unofficial audio version is available to everyone for free.

Details

Duration

~8 minutes (7K characters)

Release date

Jan 31, 2025