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Before My Startup Launched a Single Product, I Spent Every Dollar We Had Acquiring a CompetitorWhen my company was just six months old, I made an unlikely play to buy another company. That bet is still paying off today.

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This story appears in theJanuary 2022issue of雷竞技手机版.Subscribe »

I bought a competitor.

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