“I will ring the clients of my three top competitors and see which ones won't see me because I'm pretty good on the phone.”

Andrew Banks · The Founders Fire · Andrew Banks: Why Great Founders Study Their Wins

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cold-called the clients of his three top competitors to see which wouldn’t work with him

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