Sullivan: New market categories never have just a single winner
Pat Sullivan · 1366 ACT! and SalesLogix Founders New Company Hits $1m in ARR · Apr 21, 2019 · at 2:46
Pat Sullivan, founder of Ryver, explains to Nathan Latka how a startup can compete against multi-billion dollar incumbents like Slack and Trello.
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“Well, you know, in any space, particularly a new space, there's never just one winner. And there's always a way if you really work at it to differentiate and find a place where they're not as strong as they seem.”
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