But for someone just entering the Airbnb market now, there's a lot of steep competition.
The company is operating in an area of steep competition with the likes of DoorDash, which recently raised $127 million in a down round.
While some institutions now say they disallow the use of the IF in decision making, the steep competition for a slot in a high IF journal – among researchers who know the impact it could have on their careers – indicates otherwise.
They will face steep competition in a marketplace already saturated with established (and not-so-established) comics characters that major media companies have spent years snapping up for their own development purposes.
But the company will face steep competition from a number of more mature services that do nearly the same thing, like Mozes, which recently closed an $11.5 million round of funding.
"There is such steep competition for a relatively small number of resources, such as getting into a particular major or into graduate school, where one or two or three points might make a difference, that even good students see a reason to go for that unfair advantage," said Teddi Fishman, director of the Clemson center.
Of course, the launch also comes at a time when iHeartRadio is facing steep competition from those competitors and others, including Apple and Amazon, in music.
Food sales fell by 2.6%, as falling prices brought about by steep competition continued to have a negative effect.
It's a lofty goal and TinyCo has some steep competition, but their thesis — that mobile gaming is about to take off in a huge way — seems right on the mark.
BATS, an electronic exchange based in Kansas, has steep competition.
