What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks before you

Re:What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks be... by jasonmcalacanis on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @01:40PM (#850882)

Very simple: go raise $8-12M based on Lanzone creating a market for a web-based TVGuide. Almost every market worth being in has two winners (think cola, search, fedex/ups, burgerking/MCdonalds, etc).

Also, on exit have two players in the market will help. they will probably not want to exit under $100M and you can carve out the quick exit at $25M.... or not.

the best thing to do is:

a) raise some capital ASAP b) focus on your product c) focus on users and what they think of your product d) focus on distribution (i.e. consider strategic money maybe).

best jason

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Re:What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks be... by drstarcat on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @02:41PM (#851007)

Thanks Jason. That's pretty much the plan, though I'm focusing on "b" until Tuesday, "c" for the rest of my life at SetJam, and going to work overtime to make sure "a" happens in spite of putting it behind "b" and "c".

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Re:What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks be... by jazzdev on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @02:39AM (#852023)

Almost every market worth being in has two winners

Treacy and Wiersema in "The Discipline of Market Leaders" claim there are often three winners in every market. The price leader, the feature leader and the intimacy leader.

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