Buy the Rumor; Sell the News

A Theory for Increasing Your Company's Chance of Survival

buy the rumor, sell the news

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Dave Friedman
Nov 18, 2020
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I’ve been noodling around with an idea about how companies, especially startups, can enhance their chances of thriving. Basically, the more contact points a company has with prospective customers, the better its chances of thriving in a competitive market place. I think of this as expanding the company’s surface area.

Think of a computer network topolo…

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