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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

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Anyway, the way to manage that is still to execute better. The difficulty with established competitors is that their middle management gets in the way--that is, if youre charging less and offering less, then they wont bother competing against you because theyre focused on up-market customers. -- NY_USA_Hacker 215 days ago | link.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. The last thing you need is a manager telling you how to do your job. If youve ever been abused by a bad manager in your career, its easy to become traumatized.