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by mlevkovsky 4159 days ago
I would have reached out personally to the CEO, instead of publicly shaming.
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Why is that better? (Not trying to pick a fight, just curious how this would lead to a better outcome.)
Well, look what happened. In public. Really doesn't make anyone look good.
Makes CBInsights look pretty good, actually.
I'll second that. It makes CB Insights look good because it now is well-known that a slightly more unscrupulous competitor stole the otherwise brilliant design of CB Insights because they were unable to come up with something they could call their own (or do better than CB Insights).

It's the lazy way. The beautiful thing about it? Those who copy (blatantly) are doomed to fail. In most cases, they will lack the understanding and foundation of how you arrived at the designs in the first place which certainly consisted of iteration and changes based on interactions with & feedback from customers.