[mindcrime]

I generally treat the whole thing as fairly neutral. I guess more of a "frenemy" at times. I don't go out of my way to antagonize competitors, and I'm happy to wish them well and cheer for them in general. Somebody, I think it was Steve Blank, once said (paraphrased slightly) "Startups don't die from competition with other startups, they die because they built a product nobody wants." I think that's pretty close to true.

All of this, of course, is regarding competitors who are startups. If we're talking Microsoft or Oracle or somebody... well... no comment.

[lovekale]

OP here. You're spot on about the #1 killer of startups isn't competition, but product-market fit. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. Maybe "frenemy" is how I'll go about it.