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A comment on Ask HN: Found a smart competitor with a 3y headstart. What to do?.

Re:Ask HN: Found a smart competitor with a 3y headstart. Wha... by wisty on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @03:45AM (#1047151)
Every piece of software in existence has competitors. If you can't beat your competitors (even by iterating), then listen to your existing customers, and find out what they want.

You might drift into a vertical niche, if your product is a good fit for that niche.

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Re:Ask HN: Found a smart competitor with a 3y headstart. Wha... by kareemm on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @01:50PM (#1048171)
thanks. our plan is to always listen to our customers while keeping an eye on competitors. figure the company that wins is the one that's closer with their customers.
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