Competition Questions

I’m a web developer/designer and had a business idea for a website about 10 years ago which, for various personal reasons have only started to take the time to start building over the last few...

Competition Employers Business Intelligence

asked Mar 5 '12 at 15:10

Lloyd
360 points

I'd like to start a business in the service industry (not a restaurant) with a very low barrier to entry (as such I can't give specifics). Aside from making the best product/service that I can,...

Books Competition

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:23

Gili
178 points

I would like to compete in the software market and I thought that if I just present a product that provides the same functionality and is as good as its competitors and sell if for half the price...

Pricing Software Competition

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:08

Cj7
124 points

We want to run a promotion on our website. In the promotion, if someone can provide us proof of purchase of a competitor's software license, we will give them a free software license of our...

UK Legal Competition Promotion

asked Dec 2 '11 at 04:01

James
58 points

First of all thank you to everybody for my previous questions on this site, you inspire me to think about problems differently. My father and I had a great idea for a web based startup, we have...

Competition Market Analysis

asked Nov 15 '11 at 23:40

Maple Shaft
323 points

This question accompanies my recent previous question, Are there any methods you can think of to determine a comptetitors pricing model under these stipulations: The pricing sheet is not publicly...

Pricing Sales Competition

asked Nov 16 '11 at 01:58

Maple Shaft
323 points

I have an LLC and developed a copyrighted program that I sell online. I frequently enter in various terms online and see how I'm doing in the search results vs. my competitors. All of a sudden, I...

Competition Copyright

asked Nov 6 '11 at 07:56

User6492
1,747 points

I have a startup that has developed a few software products. I'm finally having a decent amount of success in getting people to use the products, but I am tired of putting money into this and would...

Competition

asked Oct 31 '11 at 03:36

User6492
1,747 points

For the past year I have been developing a VERY niche based review/community site, in the healthcare field. I did as much h/w as possible in searching for competitors, and there were zero direct...

Strategy Web Competition

asked Nov 2 '11 at 14:09

Jdh
182 points

Like most of you, I have some good start-up ideas I feel are both good and easily realizable. Of course, I have plenty of 'real' work to do for more mature projects, so I have difficulty convincing...

Launch Development Competition

asked Nov 3 '11 at 16:59

Hss
157 points

We are working on a service that endeavors essentially to provide an advertising forum for a certain class of goods and services whose providers we consider our key customers. There are others...

Customers Competition Secret Sauce

asked Oct 20 '11 at 08:31

D Moore
174 points

When initially researching the competition during the early stages of the product development, there did not appear to be very much competition, other then two larger contenders. However, as this...

Competition

asked Oct 6 '11 at 01:47

Rob R
58 points

I asked this on my blog, but then realized this would be a good forum for discussions so am asking here as well: How Often Do Startups Join Together? In talking to and mentoring dozens of startups...

Competition Partnerships

asked Oct 6 '11 at 08:57

Tig
204 points

Possible Duplicate: Finding out another start-up has the same idea Is there any reason to scrap a start-up, when you find out there is more competition then originally thought? My partners and I...

Competition

asked Oct 11 '11 at 05:58

Guy
16 points

a bit of background before my question: I've built a video sharing website that is specific to extreme sports, where users currently embed videos from third-party websites like Vimeo or Youtube....

Competition Community Video

asked Sep 26 '11 at 10:11

Nick Budden
129 points

I have a startup idea that improves upon an existing idea in a uniquel and differentiated way. Let's call my idea "David". However, there exists a very large, well-known competitor,...

Competition Investors

asked Sep 19 '11 at 23:46

Li Zhou
323 points

So this is a "how much information should I reveal when making a deal" type of question. Obviously when one requires a service, one shops around to all of the different vendors that offer that...

Competition Vendors

asked Sep 20 '11 at 06:19

N Reilingh
106 points

I am interested in finding information about a competitor and I am curious if anyone knows of any good resources for this type of thing. Information I'd like to know: How much money they made...

Competition

asked Sep 12 '11 at 05:05

Abe Miessler
264 points

we built an idea management system at the Taipei Startup Weekend (a few days ago) and were delighted to finish second. This morning we've found that a competitor, one who's clients include FedEx,...

Strategy Competition

asked Aug 18 '11 at 11:00

Dmurtagh
157 points

I've been working up to a full launch and found a competitor emerging. I'm making the liquid used in electronic cigarettes, which contains nicotine along with flavoring and components thought to be...

Competition Product Launch

asked Aug 26 '11 at 05:54

Praxeologist
43 points