Re:Ask HN: Dealing with pre-launch competitors
by ef4 on Saturday April 14, 2012 @12:18PM
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It's way too early to know whether you're really at a disadvantage. That's just your lizard brain freaking out.
Your biggest risk is failing to execute. Both you and your competitor have a thousand ways to screw up long before you have to worry about the impact of competition with each other.
It's like obsessing over the danger of shark attacks while failing to wear your seatbelt. Deal with the risks that are orders of magnitude more important.
You don't even know if they're going to pivot in response to some other real or imagined competitive threat or opportunity.
Re:Ask HN: Dealing with pre-launch competitors
by fossley on Monday April 16, 2012 @09:03PM
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"That's just your lizard brain freaking out." True. All sounds like sane advice to me! This thread has been a much needed re-balancing of my freaking out on the whole!
Your biggest risk is failing to execute. Both you and your competitor have a thousand ways to screw up long before you have to worry about the impact of competition with each other.
It's like obsessing over the danger of shark attacks while failing to wear your seatbelt. Deal with the risks that are orders of magnitude more important.
You don't even know if they're going to pivot in response to some other real or imagined competitive threat or opportunity.