VC agency Excessive Alpha and Paddle did a survey of … what retains founders up at night time. Extra here.
One which shocked me a bit was that founders fear extra about competitors as they scale:
22% of founders fear about competitors within the early days, however the swells to 50% at $50m ARR.
It most likely is sensible on many ranges. The larger you’re, the extra competitors you will have. And the extra locations you must struggle for development, vs. simply staying in your area of interest or lane. However on the similar time, as soon as your model turns into dominant, the competitors can’t actually kill you.
In any occasion, it’s not simply Marc Benioff that’s nonetheless combating the competitors on a regular basis. It’s everybody at scale, apparently.
Benioff in prime @benioff kind: “Everyone knows now that Microsoft Copilot is mainly the brand new Microsoft Clippy.”pic.twitter.com/Re1sdvOi3z
— Emily Chang (@emilychangtv) September 20, 2024
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