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A comment on Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits?.

Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by pryelluw on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:21PM (#14814473)
Let them market the product for you. Reverse engineer their marketing and sales process then go for their customers. Even if you are not able to grab some customers from them you will be able to profile what the average customer is like.

Leverage their resources to your advantage. Quitting because they launched first just talks about your drive and commitment. Not about the potential to make money.

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by riku_iki on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:02PM (#14823008)
> hen go for their customers

How exactly this can be executed?

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by pryelluw on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:33PM (#14823233)
Subscribe to their newsletters and see if they mention anyone.

Email the competitor and ask if they have case studies. They usually do and if they don't they will scramble and provide one.

Use a search engine and do some deep searches.

Search on social networks. See who liked their content/page.

Set up a google alert.

These are just a few...

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