Competition and Startups
Startups are primarly competing against indifference, lack of awareness, and lack of understanding — not other startups. For web startups this means you should worry about users simply not coming to your site, or when they do come, hitting the BACK button.
Chris Dixon has some great posts, and this one particularly resonated with me. I think it's easy to either consider existence of competition a bad thing or to dwell on the competition too much. A clear understanding of the market is important, but what is more important is to focus on your own startup and whether users are sticking around.
What is your opinion on competition?
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