Comments on: Competition? We HAVE NO COMPETITION. http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:00:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Andy Swan » On the important issue of copycat companies http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Andy Swan » On the important issue of copycat companies Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:36:46 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1802 [...] (the absence of a monopoly on the execution of an IDEA) is what makes the world a better place, and yet it does not exist for the most savvy of entrepreneurs.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, [...] [...] (the absence of a monopoly on the execution of an IDEA) is what makes the world a better place, and yet it does not exist for the most savvy of entrepreneurs.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, [...]

]]> By: DaveinHackensack http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 DaveinHackensack Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:43:50 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1739 Andy, btw, looks like that site I mentioned (the one that could have a side effect of increasing options volume) is going to go live this week. I'll e-mail you a link when it does. Andy, btw, looks like that site I mentioned (the one that could have a side effect of increasing options volume) is going to go live this week. I'll e-mail you a link when it does.

]]> By: DaveinHackensack http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 DaveinHackensack Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:28:15 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1730 I haven't read the book, but I'll take a look at it in Barnes & Noble next time I go. Let me edit my previous comment, which was poorly written enough to make it seem as if I had read the book.<br><br>Whoops, can't edit it. Must be a time limit on that. I should have started the first sentence like this, "I can see how a book like that...". I haven't read the book, but I'll take a look at it in Barnes & Noble next time I go. Let me edit my previous comment, which was poorly written enough to make it seem as if I had read the book.

Whoops, can't edit it. Must be a time limit on that. I should have started the first sentence like this, “I can see how a book like that…”.

]]> By: DaveinHackensack http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 DaveinHackensack Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:53:27 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1728 OK, that puts it in a new light then. OK, that puts it in a new light then.

]]> By: Mark Essel http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1726 Mark Essel Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:48:32 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1726 Yeah, good point Dave. There were some great suggestions, and I did love the history of successful periods of businesses that impressed historic brand power on future generations (Ford motor, Hughes Aircraft). Yeah, good point Dave. There were some great suggestions, and I did love the history of successful periods of businesses that impressed historic brand power on future generations (Ford motor, Hughes Aircraft).

]]> By: Mark Essel http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Mark Essel Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:47:19 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1725 Focusing on features that competition ignored, but that customers value is a pretty sexy approach. <br><br>Admittedly, I expected a little too much from Blue Ocean. Focusing on features that competition ignored, but that customers value is a pretty sexy approach.

Admittedly, I expected a little too much from Blue Ocean.

]]> By: andyswan http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 andyswan Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:22:41 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1722 Our approach to mytrade was designed SPECIFICALLY from what was learned in<br>the book. Our approach to mytrade was designed SPECIFICALLY from what was learned in
the book.

]]> By: DaveinHackensack http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 DaveinHackensack Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:56:47 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1718 I can see how the book might resonate with Andy and seem fairly useless to you (or me, for that matter.). Andy may be fleshing in the gaps in the book's generalities with concrete examples from his experience building successful start-ups, and seeing how what the book says is consistent with what he did; aspiring entrepreneurs such as you or me might be disappointed by the lack of detail, hoping for more of a specific road map. <br><br>Some stuff is just not laid out for you though. I can see how the book might resonate with Andy and seem fairly useless to you (or me, for that matter.). Andy may be fleshing in the gaps in the book's generalities with concrete examples from his experience building successful start-ups, and seeing how what the book says is consistent with what he did; aspiring entrepreneurs such as you or me might be disappointed by the lack of detail, hoping for more of a specific road map.

Some stuff is just not laid out for you though.

]]> By: Dominic Basulto http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Dominic Basulto Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:49:41 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1715 Blue Ocean Strategy absolutely is one of the best business books of the past decade. In order to compete in blue oceans, not red oceans, it's absolutely critical to be able to draw one of those industry strategy canvas maps -- if there's only one chapter in the book to read, it's the one that shows you how to graph all the capabilities of market leaders and then adjust them to carve out a Blue Ocean for your company. Fantastic examples from Cirque Du Soleil, the Australian wine industry, and (I think) Southwest Airlines. It's not a matter of doing some things incrementally better than the market leader, it's doing some things crazy-good that nobody else is doing, and then deciding which areas to downplay. Blue Ocean Strategy absolutely is one of the best business books of the past decade. In order to compete in blue oceans, not red oceans, it's absolutely critical to be able to draw one of those industry strategy canvas maps — if there's only one chapter in the book to read, it's the one that shows you how to graph all the capabilities of market leaders and then adjust them to carve out a Blue Ocean for your company. Fantastic examples from Cirque Du Soleil, the Australian wine industry, and (I think) Southwest Airlines. It's not a matter of doing some things incrementally better than the market leader, it's doing some things crazy-good that nobody else is doing, and then deciding which areas to downplay.

]]> By: JakeGint http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 JakeGint Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:40:26 +0000 http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1714 Interesting commentary.<br><br>-- The Remora. Interesting commentary.

– The Remora.

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