The Startup Chat With Steli And Hiten

In today’s episode, Steli and Hiten talk about how industrial espionage, or corporate terrorism, is plaguing the industry in a big way. Competitors often resort to employing dirty tactics to extract valuable information, such as one’s product roadmap and/or funding. Steli and Hiten talk about the various steps that you can take to avoid falling prey to such tactics. At the same time, they caution organizations against focusing too much on this issue. If it draws your focus away from your customers and product, then it’s taking too much of your energy and time. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:05 – Today’s episode is about competitor’s resorting to industrial espionage and ways you can deal with this situation 00:42 – How can you avoid leaking information to your competitors? 01:40 – Steli used to think that it’s better to be laser-focused on your product and NOT on your competitors 01:49 – Steli has realigned his thinking and now feels that understanding your competitors will give you better insight into y