<story><title>Your Worst Enemy Is Yourself</title><url>http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/your-worst-enemy-is-yourself.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>waxman</author><text>So true. Although, I prefer pg&apos;s version:&lt;p&gt;The only &quot;competitor&quot; you should worry about is the Back Button.*&lt;p&gt;*&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://mixergy.com/paul-graham-design/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://mixergy.com/paul-graham-design/&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Your Worst Enemy Is Yourself</title><url>http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/your-worst-enemy-is-yourself.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tyng</author><text>Agree with everything said there. The question left unanswered is where to draw the fine line between focusing on a predefined strategy and react to what your competitors are doing. Example: today Facebook announced Deals, should Foursquare just keep doing what it is doing or do something different to counter Facebook&apos;s invasion?&lt;p&gt;(I personally believe Foursquare should just keep doing what they are doing but let&apos;s discuss this anyway)</text></comment>