Book review 
Differentiate or Die 
Survival in the era of Killer Competition 
by Jack Trout 
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PREVIEW 
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This book is about changing all that. It outlines the 
many ways 
you can be different while avoiding the lure of those 
things that 
Quality, Valuseo un&d bdieffteterern t but really aren’t. 
Product 
Can’t differentiate from 
others 
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Have 
differe 
ntiatin 
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matters 
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OVERVIEW 
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well 
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This is a marketing/business book, which explained various 
ways to differentiate a product or service to survive in the 
battleground called consumer mind. 
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INVIEW 
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&
Apple 
HTC 
Sony 
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Choices growing exponentially
Commoditisation 
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becoming
USP 
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Differentiating Ideas 
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In rare 
instanc 
es
Creativity or Logic 
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hides the 
logic 
behind 
why they 
should 
buy.
Price = 1/Breadth of Line 
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Consumer mind is the 
battleground 
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Ways to differentiate 
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Leadership & Speciality 
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Heritage & Preference 
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How a product is made or 
being latest 
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Hotness can be 
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Can destroy 
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Here sweat = differentiation. 
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Be different in different places and 
maintain it.
REVIEW 
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In this era of competition and tyranny of 
choices differentiation is the only key to 
success, and people in the organisation 
can thrive to achieve it. 
By Arindam, Aizaz, Bahubali, Ganesh, Ravi, MBA 2013-15 batch, 
3rd semester. 
Thank you all 
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Differentiate or die