Rory O'Driscoll: Competition persists because no founders or investors will step away
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Rory O'Driscoll, General Partner at Scale Venture Partners, discusses the intense competition across the tech industry with 20VC host Harry Stebbings.
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“Everyone complains about competition, and everyone's prepared to do anything to solve the problem except the one thing that will solve the problem, which is step away from the table yourself, Harry.”
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