Tech's glorious copes: "we're early", "in stealth", "it's a beta"
tushaarmehtaa · x · 2026-11-11
A roundup of the tech industry's favorite reframes for failure: weak marketing = "we're early", zero users = "we're in stealth", zero revenue = "we're focused on product", crashed demo = "it's a beta", firing half the team = "getting lean".
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