competitors

also referred to as: competitor

17 statements across 15 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 14 people on the record · first statement Aug 26, 2016 by Nathan Latka · across every show →

Everything said about competitors, oldest first

Aug 26, 2016
Insight
Latka: Copy competitors and beat them on execution
“Copy the hell out of your competitors and then beat them on execution.”
Nathan Latka Aug 26, 2016 ▶ 3:32 EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
Feb 28, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sullivan: FlightFox Charges Per-Trip Fees Unlike Commission-Based Competitors
“So our revenue model we charge a fee for every trip which is unlike all of our competitors who make most of their money from commissions.”
Lauren Sullivan Feb 28, 2017 ▶ 2:14 EP 584: FlightFox YC Founder: We Talk About When To Quit All The Time, $700k Revenue, Making Travel Way Easier with CEO Lauren Sullivan
Nov 26, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Harris: Quantum Workplace churn is driven by executive changes, not competitors
“If we churn a client, it's not because they're leaving us for a competitor, it's because they, There was a CEO change, or there was a chief human resource officer change”
Greg Harris Nov 26, 2017 ▶ 10:19 855 How This Bootstrapped CEO is Competing with $400m Raised Qualtrics
Feb 26, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Carson: Treehouse competitors have raised 10x more capital
“You know, our competitors have raised 10 X the amount we have.”
Ryan Carson Feb 26, 2018 ▶ 10:04 947 Is He The New King of Education? 80k Student Customers and $24m in Revenue Says "Yes!"
Jul 15, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Atwood: Major BuzzBuilder competitors are raising $30M to $40M in VC
“You know, we know there are some major competitors that are getting 30 and forty million dollars in VC.”
Jake Atwood Jul 15, 2018 ▶ 11:17 1086 Sales outreach tool hits $1.2m ARR, would you sell for $4m? No!
Mar 4, 2019 positive
Insight
Latka: Winners Copy Competitors and Add a Twist Rather Than Invent
“Winners don't have new ideas. Rather, they copy the heck out of their competitors, then add their own flavor or unique angle to win.”
Nathan Latka Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 1:42 Fast Trick: How Your Competitors Are Getting Customers
Mar 4, 2019
Insight
Latka: Don't Attack Competitors Without Knowing Their Customer Acquisition Channels
“In order to beat a competitor, you have to understand where they get their food from, their fuel, then slowly siphon their food supply. If you can't figure out where they eat, don't attack.”
Nathan Latka Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 13:53 Fast Trick: How Your Competitors Are Getting Customers
Feb 29, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Berghall: OneIO has never lost a customer to a competitor
“So we haven't lost a customer because they changed or swapped to a competitor or something like that.”
Juha Berghall Feb 29, 2020 ▶ 8:38 1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland
Oct 31, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Todoist's low launch price anchored the entire to-do app market
“I said this initially, like very low price point and basically all the other competitors compete this or like, so I kind of like, because we were like one of the first online to do apps and we basically set the price point and everybody's kind of have the same…”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 6:55 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Aug 5, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ardius competitors raised capital at valuations up to $500 million
“I mean, we have our, like I said, competitors out there raising it like, you know, half a billion dollar valuations, right? Or in the hundreds of millions.”
Josh Lee Aug 5, 2021 ▶ 10:44 Ardius Finds $500m in Tax Credits for Startups, Exits to Gusto
Oct 10, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Limelight faced competitors averaging 27 years in market and $100M raised
“As I looked at our competitors, they had all on average been in the market for about 27 years and had raised on average about a hundred million dollars compared to at that time we had raised about 10.”
Jason Andrew Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 11:33 How we pivoted our way to a near hundred million dollar exit
Nov 18, 2022 negative
Opinion
Salafia: Competitor 20-minute automated tax qualification claims are false
“Our competitors, they go off and say, we're going to qualify you and get your bunny in 20 minutes. It's not true. And most of them under qualify or over qualify clients. They make big claims and they lack the follow through.”
Ari Salafia Nov 18, 2022 ▶ 19:29 How I competed with $1M at TaxTaker vs. $100M in competitor funding
Nov 18, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Salafia: Competitors funded with up to $100M ask TaxTaker for advice
“My competitors that have raised 25, fifty, hundred million that have AI at the end of their names, they're asking us, what are they doing differently?”
Ari Salafia Nov 18, 2022 ▶ 32:19 How I competed with $1M at TaxTaker vs. $100M in competitor funding
Apr 25, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Okonkwo: Inflate list prices because enterprise buyers love a discount
“Our prices are lower than all our competitors, generally, but we still try to price higher than we need to, so that we can discount, because people love discounts.”
Aneto Okonkwo Apr 25, 2023 ▶ 15:22 How We Grew ARR 3X by Upselling Existing Customers
Sep 7, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Summarize.com pioneered per-minute pricing that competitors later copied, says Desai
“We actually did it first. So I started per minute and then now basically all the other competitors are also charging per minute as well.”
Jay Desai Sep 7, 2023 ▶ 10:45 Non Tech Founder Quickly Gives Up 50% To Tech Co-Founder To Scale Revenue Faster
Dec 31, 2025 negative
Opinion
Nair: Most trade simulation competitors rely on 10-to-15-year-old technology
“Most of my competitors have tech from maybe 1015 years back.”
Sabari Nair Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 14:06 From $500K to $1.5M ARR: Bootstrapping VR SaaS for Trade Skills
May 21, 2026 negative
Opinion
White: Raising heavy VC funding forces AI competitors to charge individual users
“I think a lot of our competitors have now raised a lot of money. And I think it's forcing them to monetize at the individual level.”
Richard White May 21, 2026 ▶ 6:57 He Lost $50/User to Build a $30M ARR AI Empire (Fathom)
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