Hide a dagger behind a smile
by Kaihan Krippendorff · first published 2007
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on “Ask HN: How to enter a highly competitive market?” ↗…judges are more at fault than the founders." Being ignorant is the founders' fault, not the "judges". As a founder, if you want to become less ignorant, figure out what you should/should not be telling. Hide a Dagger behind a Smile is a good book on tactics; along with 48 laws of power, with the former being more applicable.
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