Ignore them. Focus on your customers, not your competition. You will always have competition (if you don't, you probably don't have a market) and if you're th

Ignore them. Focus on your customers, not your competition. You will always have competition (if you don't, you probably don't have a market) and if you're the best one to satisfy your customers you will succeed in your niche. Joel Spolsky's "Fire and Motion" essays touch on this. The original is here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html With an updated take on it here: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080401/how-hard-could-it-be-fire-and-motion.html?partner=fogcreek http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080401/how-hard-could-it-be-fi... Every moment you spend worrying about your competition is one you're not spending focused on your product. Stick to your plan and deliver it.