Why I’m Not Scared Of My Competition — And You Shouldn’t Be, Either
By Mr Crossman / April 27, 2015
By Mary Ellen Slayter It’s not that I’m not competitive -- believe me, I am. I have ambitious goals for my company and the drive to make them happen. But I spend very little time worrying about what my competitors are doing. I’m aware of it, but I don’t stress because that mindset will only get you so far as an entrepreneur. If you want to successfully build an organization from scratch, you have to go beyond simply beating other people’s (often mediocre) benchmarks. Instead, I’ve taken a more pragmatic, cooperative approach toward our competition, one that has helped support our...