{"id":17298,"date":"2018-12-31T20:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=17298"},"modified":"2018-12-31T23:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T20:10:07","slug":"do-not-be-evil-and-follow-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/do-not-be-evil-and-follow-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship: Don\u2019t Be Evil\u2014Follow the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/skylessgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LogoBlackStroke-300x163.png\" alt=\"Cute little picture\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Most entrepreneurship articles in the Arab world focus on destroying\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/5-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b3%d8%a8-%d8%a3%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b2-%d8%b6%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86\/\"> Competitors<\/a> \u2026and how to crush them. It seems that the political and religious hatred governing the homeland\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The Arab and Islamic world today has found its way into\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/pitcuene-or-entrepreneurship\/\">Entrepreneurship<\/a> \u2026and the corporate world through a philosophy of excluding others, promoted by these people, whether\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Through institutes and schools that specialize in entrepreneurship training, or through websites that publish articles for this audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0644\u0642\u062f \u0633\u0628\u0642 \u0644\u064a \u0648 \u0643\u062a\u0628\u062a \u0639\u0646 \u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/competitive-partner\/\">The Philosophy of the Competitor Partner in Business and Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u201d\u2014a philosophy I believe in and try to promote as much as possible, one based on kindness, acceptance of others, and fair competition, free from hatred, because it will make <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the region more productive, instead of wasting time on battles and wars that achieve nothing.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/7-common-myths-about-startups\/\"> Startups<\/a> the region more productive <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">rather than wasting time on battles and wars that achieve nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t be evil, and follow the money. It\u2019s simply the golden advice for entrepreneurship today, and it\u2019s meant for every entrepreneur or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/10-tips-for-every-entrepreneur-when-creating-an-emerging-company\/\">A startup<\/a> anyone striving for real success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In this article, I\u2019ll explain this saying, which I decided to write and which I believe in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Crushing the competition is the dream of villains.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Your real competitor is the one looking to seize opportunities you haven\u2019t yet pursued and to offer better services than yours in the market\u2014not to crush or <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">eliminate you, but to achieve their growth ambitions. Most likely, they aren\u2019t concerned with you and see that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/5-books-help-you-meet-market-challenges\/\"> Market<\/a> [the market] is much bigger than either of you, and that your presence motivates them to do better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">And improving how it serves its customers\u2014these are the things to focus on instead of devising a cunning way to take it down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Destroying competitors is a villain\u2019s dream. Accept others as competitors or opponents; you are not the only living being on Earth, nor the only one entitled to earn a living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Companies intent on pushing others out are often themselves pushed out of the market, suddenly and for an unexpected reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0623\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/3-ways-to-establish-a-culture-of-innovation-in-startups\/\">Startups<\/a> in the Arab world, whose founders spend a long time on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%a8%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7\/\"> Social networks<\/a> publishing their attack posts<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0631\u064a\u0646.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Everyone criticizes everyone, and each person...<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/why-do-not-entrepreneurs-learn-from-their-repeated-mistakes\/\"> \u0631\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a> Those involved in open or even covert attacks against competitors usually reap the whirlwind\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0639\u0627\u0635\u0641\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u062f\u0627\u0639.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">How? I don\u2019t know the exact answer, but what I do know is that those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Spying on competitors is childish and unethical behavior.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Unfortunately, some companies waste their time spying on one another, and this phenomenon is clearly widespread in the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/crisis-management-2\/\">Startups<\/a> especially between two companies <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">that operate in the same field and region, where employees move between them. Some employees act as spies and disclose their former company\u2019s secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">It is unethical to discuss your former working conditions or reveal what you know about your previous organization\u2019s secrets as an employee. It is also not right to take a job at a particular company for the benefit of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Others pay you to bring them information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Corporate espionage between two companies often leads to similar products, imitation and duplication, mutual accusations, and wasted time in verbal battles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In which uninvolved companies rise and their influence grows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Keeping up with competitors is a waste of time and stifles innovation.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">There are many tools and methods for tracking competitors, including their social networks and news blogs, as well as articles about them that <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">are published on news websites\u2014some of the most prominent ways to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But the mistake most people make is tracking their every move and step all the time, without improving their productivity or even encouraging innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">When my competitor launches a particular service and I follow suit without research or creativity, or without adding new features, I\u2019m just a copycat\u2014and I\u2019ll always be one step behind. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If I spent that same time finding answers to the key question\u2014\u201cWhat should I offer my customers?\u201d\u2014things could turn out very differently in my favor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Follow your customers to make money.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Making money doesn\u2019t come from trying to crush competitors and follow them around in search of their secrets and future plans. It comes from focusing on innovation <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and improving services and offering products that benefit customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Listen to customers to understand their wants and needs, then work to meet them within your field. That\u2019s how you generate healthy profits and grow your company\u2019s size and influence\u2014something that <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">successful companies do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>End of article:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The quote might suggest that I\u2019m materialistic, constantly chasing money and willing to compromise my principles for a few dollars. It reflects the negative assumptions that came to mind while you were <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">reading the headline\u2014but before you explored the article and its background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t be evil by trying to destroy competitors for money and market influence. Instead, invest your intellectual and financial resources in innovation and meeting customers\u2019 needs to achieve <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">greater success\u2026 That\u2019s what I mean by the quote, and what I hope you\u2019ll take from it.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u0623\u063a\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a \u0631\u064a\u0627\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a \u062a\u062a\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062a\u062f\u0645\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0641\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0648 \u0643\u064a\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0633\u062d\u0642\u0647\u0645\u060c \u0648 \u064a\u0628\u062f\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u062d\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[2185,3569,5623,782,1083,4501,8536,17978,793,794],"class_list":["post-17298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-2185","tag-3569","tag-5623","tag-782","tag-1083","tag-4501","tag-8536","tag-17978","tag-793","tag-794"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}