For JobWhiz clients, I aim to identify what distinguishes each senior level executive
from potential competitors for their ideal career challenge.
The biggest way to differentiate
yourself from potential competitors is to write better quality books.
Investors look for features that distinguish
you from potential competitors and give you some sort of advantage, such as intellectual property protection, exclusive licenses and exclusive marketing and distribution relationships.
Not exact matches
Having those would give Microsoft an even stronger base
from which to defend against any
potential legal actions
from competitors.
A meaningful mission statement can also distinguish a company
from its
competitors, suggest
potential directions for future growth and provide team members with a common goal to work toward.
The young Sulzberger was one of the authors of the Innovation Report digital manifesto that the Times came out with in 2014, which talked about the
potential threats
from competitors like BuzzFeed.
While it's possible the terms of his employment agreement with (and departure
from) Facebook could prevent him
from taking an active role at a
competitor (or any company in the virtual reality space) for several months (or even years), he could reassume his public presence as an advocate for VR technology and its larger
potential.
A meaningful rendition can distinguish a company
from its
competitors, suggest
potential directions for future growth and provide team members with a common goal.
As for the notion that the big payment processors may fear cryptocurrencies as
potential competitors, this could become an issue if and when cryptocurrencies recover
from their current crash and settle into a less volatile pattern that encourages their use as virtual currency rather than as speculative assets.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand
from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us
from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a
competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different
from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the
potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting
from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a
competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the
potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
Buying Aol may provide Verizon with a point of differentiation
from its
competitors; it also gives Aol's properties — both its content - production and advertising arms — more direct access to a vast
potential audience.
Their goal was to make marginally more correct decisions than their
competitors, in the long haul, and to do so they implemented an analytically rigorous system that not only processed all of the bleeding edge metrics they could find or create, but also heavily incorporated data
from old fashioned sources: scouts, who could see things about a player's
potential and character that numbers couldn't.
The proliferation and speed of unstructured data via blogs, news websites and social networks is now such that
potential buyers passively receive information (or in some cases misinformation) about your products and your
competitors» products well before someone
from your sales team ever has the chance to interact with them.
-- Introduce your business to thousands of
potential customers in the entire market area of Cape Cod, the Islands, and the South Shore — Influence the buying decisions of thousands of
potential customers — Speak to people who will make a decision to buy your product or service this week — Create a consistent flow of new customer opportunities via foot traffic, phone calls, website traffic, e-newsletter sign ups, social media engagement — Tell «the story» of your business — Differentiate your business
from your
competitors — Encourage customer loyalty — Educate past customers on why they should come back and do business with you again — Grow your market share — Make your business a household name and create top of mind awareness — Build the credibility of your business — Control the public's perception of your business
This, to be fair, was already quite unlikely: the entire industry learned
from Instagram's piggy - backing on Twitter's social graph that sharing data with a
potential competitor was a bad idea
from a business perspective.
When you include work flexibility in your job descriptions, you can woo
potential job candidates to your company — and away
from your
competitors.
The truth is that he was an entrepreneur who took one financial risk after another, using other people's money, and who maintained a secrecy that was designed to keep any
potential competitors from gleaning his ideas.
Two theme examples provided by PIRSA in their «Guidelines and Assessment Criteria September 2016» document noted the example projects as «Achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification to meet the requirements of an identified new or
potential customer (s)» and «achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification on products to distinguish optimum qualities
from other similar
competitors.
Markus Maier, Product Manager at Omicron Nanotechnologies, adds that in his company the release of information is controlled very closely to prevent critical information
from leaking into the outside world and to
potential competitors.
That also moves it farther than its
competitors from the realm of a
potential Earth twin.
This sets the company apart
from its main
competitors who only pursue senolytics (agents eliminating senescent cells) as
potential anti-aging drugs.
• Being employed (you or a close family member) by, or acting as a consultant to, a
competitor or
potential competitor, supplier or contractor, or any education or publishing concern that may stand to gain
from influencing information in our publications regardless of the nature of the employment
• Accepting gifts, discounts, favors or services
from a customer /
potential customer,
competitor or supplier, unless
From Wikipedia: «Predatory pricing (also undercutting) is a pricing strategy where a product or service is set at a very low price, intending to drive
competitors out of the market, or create barriers to entry for
potential new
competitors.»
If you are writing and selling books, your
competitors are all other writers that your target market (
potential readers) might choose to buy books
from instead.
It forces retailers to compete on customer experience (quality of discovery and matching tools, community, purchase experience, library features) rather than price (predatory pricing
from deep - pocketed
competitors is the strategy to win here, at the expense of all other retailers and
potential startup
competitors.
Potential banana skins abound
From simple things like Amazon's patent for reselling ebook licences (bound to have an impact on ebook sales especially of lead titles if it were ever to be put into practice) or like discovering that despite having a great product your brand just doesn't resonate with consumers beyond your core audience and hence you lose a bundle of cash trying to sell them tablets or realizing that your main competitor is not the rival publisher of literary novels or commercial non-fiction but a game in which trajectory considerations are a more important aspect of gameplay than would normally be considered cool and various music video fads from Gangnam Style to Harlem Sh
From simple things like Amazon's patent for reselling ebook licences (bound to have an impact on ebook sales especially of lead titles if it were ever to be put into practice) or like discovering that despite having a great product your brand just doesn't resonate with consumers beyond your core audience and hence you lose a bundle of cash trying to sell them tablets or realizing that your main
competitor is not the rival publisher of literary novels or commercial non-fiction but a game in which trajectory considerations are a more important aspect of gameplay than would normally be considered cool and various music video fads
from Gangnam Style to Harlem Sh
from Gangnam Style to Harlem Shake.
However, there can be no assurance that these capital requirements will deter
potential competitors from entering this market or that the market may not increasingly accept guarantees provided by Double - A or lower rated insurers who have less stringent capital requirements.
While the market is focusing on Immunoglobulin, and the
potential supply growth
from competitors, the story is much bigger than this and we should avoid getting too caught - up in the short - term.
Waiting until the damage has already been done weakens your business in the eyes of
potential customers — giving your
competitors an advantage
from which you may struggle to recover.
Further, they are a
potential competitor as polar bears displaced
from their sea ice habitats increasingly use the same land habitats as grizzly bears.
Though the article centers on the fate of California - based startups Tesla and Fisker Automotive, Bensinger explains some of the headaches in store for all the recent automotive newbies: lack of financial and technical know - how, leadership deficiencies, competition
from their larger (and much better capitalized)
competitors and market
potential.
In other words, if many of your
potential clients find you through Yelp, it probably makes sense to remove
competitor ads
from your page.
They provide opportunities to differentiate yourself and your firm
from your
competitors to
potential clients.
In conjunction with our Patent Searchers, we can track related post-grant proceedings, monitor patent filings
from our clients»
competitors, and search for and examine relevant prior art — to anticipate
potential future challenges and institute proactive measures to minimize any
potential risk.
She regularly advises clients regarding their intellectual property rights, employer / employee rights,
potential liability with regard to claims
from competitors or creditors, compliance issues, ethics, governance issues and obligations under a variety of contracts in numerous industries.
From the perspective of the Russian state, encouraging bitcoin - based trading could facilitate growth in Russian fintech firms like Alpari — allowing such to cash in on the growth of cryptocurrency without promoting the disruptive
potential of free and direct cryptocurrency trading, or risking encouraging direct
competitor to the national cryptocurrency that Russia has announced it is developing.
Hawley's office last year issued civil investigative demands to Google for
potential violations of consumer - protection and antitrust laws related to what the tech giant does with the user information it collects and allegations that it inappropriately scrapes information
from competitors» websites.
And in addition to its
potential unreliability, the energy monitoring functionality isn't as feature - rich as you'd get
from competitors like iDevices, TP - Link, and Elgato.
On stage yesterday in New York, Gottfried Leibbrandt gathered senior executives
from some of the largest banks in the world - which also happened to be members of his interbank messaging platform - and put them on stage with the president of one of his own biggest (
potential)
competitors: blockchain startup Chain.
But the battle Jincor is going to fight is not to prevent the niche
competitors from succeeding, but to legitimize the entire blockchain industry, that's why many of existing and
potential competitors can end up being our partners since we develop a modular solution with robust integration capabilities.
Competition
from other projects could also play a part, though at the aforementioned Taipei blockchain conference in November 2017, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin seemed unconcerned about
potential threats
from competitors, saying, «The Ethereum killer is Ethereum, the Ethereum of China is Ethereum, the Ethereum of Taiwan is Ethereum... 2.0.»
What if you took the most expensive version of the Amazon Echo — one whose
potential was essentially chopped off at the knees by a
competitor — and shrunk it down a bit, lopping of $ 10
from the price in the process.
Use Google to help you find jobs and
potential employers, to research those employers (financial stability,
competitors, etc.), and to separate the good opportunities
from the not - so - good ones.
For 15 percent of hiring managers, wearing a
competitor's ensemble deterred them
from hiring a
potential candidate.
Any organisation that could draw customers away
from your
potential employer is a
competitor.
It hit me that the same things businesses and companies do to stand out
from their
competitors are the same things college grads (or any job seeker) should do to help them look better to
potential employers.
Clients and
potential clients take that size for granted, and will want to know how a brokerage firm differs
from its
competitors, such as expertise in a particular service area or market, says Robinson.
«Information obtained
from industry participants indicates that rules enacted by CREA and proposed interpretations of those rules have restricted, and will further restrict, access to the MLS database, and have prevented and limited, and will further prevent and limit the entry and expansion of
potential competitors in the residential real estate brokerage industry in Canada» said a statement
from senior competition law officer Jean - Pierre Bornais in Federal Court court records obtained by the Star.