Author and MDV Venture Partner Geoffrey Moore explains why companies must, at minimum, keep up with competitors to be considered by customers. According to Moore, every quarter a company does not catch up to a competitor’s offer is just another chance for that competitor to gain momentum. Moore uses numerous examples from the technology sector to illustrate the danger of being too proud to assimilate a competitor’s innovations.
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