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Does reading this raise your chances of success?

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Yes, thats the main reason, why I read too.

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And why is it good to know about trends and competitors?

I for one successfully raised startups, being very very focussed and not caring about competitors at all. Until know, people often ask me how my products compare to the main competitors and all I can say is: I dont know. I never looked at the other products.

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Well, this is a manifesto to do stuff. You give examples, how stuff can lead to other stuff. Thats fine. But its not specific to reading startupblogs, is it?

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You can start a startup without chance of failure? How many did you do so far?

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Well, it costs time, right?

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Ok, there we have a first example!

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Proof?

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Being excellent in one thing is often cited as a key factor to success. For example by Google: www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html "It's best to do one thing really, really well"

What insights do you have to proove the makers of the most successful tech startup wrong?

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Can you give an example?

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Maybe. But maybe the opposite of all you said is true.

Balance might be not good to be "beating the averages". Practice to the extreme might be better. How do you know that balance is better?

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Ok, you "learned tons". How much money did you make of it. Or by what measure was it valuable?

Maybe you *think* you learned something, while in fact you just spent time entertaining yourself?

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Im kind of a startup person. I run a young company. Lately im reading the news here on a regular basis. Apart from being fun, i dont know if its of any use. What do you think? Did you ever learn something that had a positive impact on your business by reading stuff on the net? Is reading of any use? Or is it all about acting?