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Don't Compete with Amazon

You don’t have their inventory, their variety or their prices, so don’t bother going head to head with the big guy. Instead, focus on your own unique strengths. For example, two guys from San Francisco used traditional book binding techniques to create iPad Cases. They called it a DODOCase, and last year they brought in 7-digit revenue.

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"You don't have their inventory, their variety or their prices, so don't bother going head to head with the big guy. Instead, focus on your own unique strengths. For example, two guys from San Francisco used traditional book binding techniques to create iPad Cases. They called it a DODOCase, and last year they brought in 7-digit revenue."

Harley Finkelstein
CPO (Chief Platform Officer)
Shopify
Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
http://www.shopify.com
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