Great article! Having worked in start-ups and Big Corporate, I think a lot of these unforced errors actually apply *more* to the big guys than start-ups. In my niche industry, I’ve watched so many examples of a huge company going “start-up X is a threat, and they wouldn’t sell to us, let’s just copy their product and business model, should be easy, we have the resources” and then just totally screw it up in unbelievable and hilarious ways
Great article! Having worked in start-ups and Big Corporate, I think a lot of these unforced errors actually apply *more* to the big guys than start-ups. In my niche industry, I’ve watched so many examples of a huge company going “start-up X is a threat, and they wouldn’t sell to us, let’s just copy their product and business model, should be easy, we have the resources” and then just totally screw it up in unbelievable and hilarious ways
love this!
Have you ever read Charles Ellis's "Winning the Loser's Game"? Very much a similar message.