What if I genuinely don't have direct competitors?

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You always compete with the status quo: spreadsheets, manual processes, doing nothing. Frame differentiation against how people solve the problem today, not just against other startups. Saying 'no competitors' signals to investors that you haven't done your homework or the market doesn't exist.

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