Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We find ourselves discussing competition and when you should copy a competitor’s model and when you should innovate a model. Many people get excited about a category, but are soon discouraged when they see the competition. On today’s episode we discuss why competition can be a good thing.</span></p> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What%20most%20people%20do%20is%20they%20copy%20pieces%20and%20then%20they%20innovate.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fto-copy-or-compete-or-both%2F" target="_blank">What most people do is they copy pieces and then they innovate. – Jordan</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What%20most%20people%20do%20is%20they%20copy%20pieces%20and%20then%20they%20innovate.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fto-copy-or-compete-or-both%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also discuss Big Snow Tiny Conf coming up on February 6-9 in both Vermont and Colorado. There are 2 slots left in those events so check out the link below for more information. The rest of this episode is just stream of consciousness, so hang with us for this conversation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s points:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Snow Tiny Conf.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook culture vs. Twitter culture</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s Twitter conversation with Justin Jackson.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who is true competition?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why competition is good.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How competition pushes your business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to deal with competition.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Innovation vs. Copying</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian’s observations of Basecamp.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Rogan’s podcast with Dan Bilzerian.</span></li> </ul> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=If%20there%20is%20one%20or%20two%20other%20people%20doing%20the%20same%20thing%20as%20you%2C%20that%E2%80%99s%20a%20sign%20of%20some%20sort%20of%20market%20there.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fto-copy-or-compete-or-both%2F" target="_blank">If there is one or two other people doing the same thing as you, that’s a sign of some sort of market there. – Brian</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=If%20there%20is%20one%20or%20two%20other%20people%20doing%20the%20same%20thing%20as%20you%2C%20that%E2%80%99s%20a%20sign%20of%20some%20sort%20of%20market%20there.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2Fto-copy-or-compete-or-both%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div></div> </div> </div>
