{"id":2644,"date":"2019-10-01T17:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T11:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2019-10-07T17:17:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T11:47:52","slug":"learning-from-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/learning-from-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning from Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There has been a lot of advice to the contrary. While I understand that as a philosophy – to focus on your customer and not your competitor – on the ground it makes a lot of tactical sense to know what the competitors are up to and how the ecosystem is reacting to their moves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Marie Prokopets<\/a>, Co Founder of FYI – the document search saas, wrote this wonderfully researched and argued post in the Product Habits blog. It’s a manual of what one should look out for and ways to learn from your competitors (they come in all forms: 1. Direct 2. Indirect 3.Alternative Solutions and 4. Multiple Tool Solutions) and their current and past customers. Spending a few days doing what is prescribed in the article can provide you with valuable data and action points. For example reading competitor reviews in review sites can provide valuable insights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommend you read this article if you are building a saas, irrespective of the stage you are in. There will be something that you missed and can incorporate into your research and immediate learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example : Are you using the Switch method interviews (a framework created by Jobs to be done). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learning from Competitors <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Where I learnt this # 274 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why you shouldn\u2019t ignore your competitors <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/producthabits.com\/stop-ignoring-competitors\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There has been a lot of advice to the contrary. While I understand that as a philosophy – to focus on your customer and not your competitor – on the ground it makes a lot of tactical sense to know what the competitors are up to and how the ecosystem is reacting to their moves.<\/p>\n<\/p>

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