competition

“If you don't have any competition, you're probably working on something that you actually, either you're so smart that no one else can figure out how to do and the world needs, or more likely, no one thinks they need it, and you might not be working on somethi…”

“Competition is tough. It motivates all of us, but it's the most destructive force in capitalism, no doubt about it.”

“I think internally, you have to think about them and view them at their best. Arrogance is super contagious. You know, if people see, like, the founders or other people at the team are like, oh, the Competition is fine, or they don't understand this or that. I…”

“I mean, you actually need competition to build markets. If you're the only company in a space, it's, it can be a lot harder.”

“So our product was priced at nine dollars, 19 dollars and 29 dollars per agent per month. That was the highest. Our competition, the lowest price was 29 dollars a month to get started, right?”

“At least some competition is essential. I think very few companies pull their selves into a coherent shape, and deliver in a focused way without some scope of competition.”

“Look, I think if they're long, if they look weird and they look wrong, then probably there aren't gonna be 15 or 20 or a hundred other startups doing it. So you're probably gonna have two or three years without real competition.”