Comments on: Why Competition Should Not Scare You – The Hidden Opportunities

By: Trevor Rotzien

Trevor Rotzien — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:40:29 +0000

I just had the same experience today. I’ve been working on a smart-energy-adoption-enablement idea since the middle of last year (I know, way too long in Web time), and today while connecting to various people and blogs via twitter, I encountered a beta website, (apparently well funded and very, very well researched), that overlapped at least 80% with my concept. They have many of the necessary partnerships in place, and the brain trust is intimidating. Fear, uncertainty and dread ensued.I’ve since calmed down (striving for that Buddhist-like acceptance). And here’s an additional take-away for you:Sometimes strong competition presents an incentive to focus on the 20% that they don’t cover, so that your niche becomes more precisely defined. The competition may turn out not to be direct, but in fact may be pointing towards a complementary partnership. @trevorrotzien

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:23:34 +0000

Davina,Thank you. I think about it like that too, but it always sounds more real when it comes from someone else. And my business head ALWAYS looks for other answers too I appreciate you stopping by here and dropping that little seed of encouragement!Maya

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:14:09 +0000

Maya, I celebrate your courage to stand up and believe in yourself. The only advice I can give you is just be YOU. There is no other Maya and nobody can do this in the way that you can.