A male competitor keeps blatantly stealing my marketing ideas almost word for word. Do I call him out publicly, or is there a smarter way to handle it?

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I don't know that I would call him out publicly but I would definitely call him out. Maybe talk to him in private first and then see if it continues before calling him out publicly.

There's multiple avenues you can take. But which one to take depends, how is he getting your ideas in the first place?

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