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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso -- Reactive Devaluation
Description: Reactive Devaluation  Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Reactive devaluation is defined by Wikipedia as devaluing proposals only because they purportedly originated with an adversary. Founders skip the lessons that can be learned from competitors because they view the competitor as wrong in their approach. This also applies to situations in which the founder discounts advice given from a source that is not well-liked. To overcome reactive devaluation, consider the following: Maintain awareness of reactive devaluation and watch for it when making decisions. Separate yourself from th...