Harge: Sometimes when we talk to founders, there are some reasonable competitive concerns. But okay, but let's be clear. Spend time on the things that you have control over, not the stuff that you don't. Harge: Even my really close friend was only using the products like to make me feel good because there was a better product out there that he was actually using.
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