This advice is garbage. What a shame such a great post starts with such a negative thought. Your feedback, tjic, is excellent. Too bad a lot of people won't

This advice is garbage. What a shame such a great post starts with such a negative thought. Your feedback, tjic, is excellent. Too bad a lot of people won't get to the excellent part because they're so turned off by your slam of OP that they just stop reading. I've made the same mistake many times (and even realized it before my 2 hours were up and came back and editted down the negativity). Sure, OP's advice is mechanical, but does offer some value for some readers. No need to viserate him in order to get your point across. You zero in on what's most important first. So do your references of Steve Blank and Jay Abraham. Having launched two bootstrapped startups over the last six years... No need to post your resume in your comment. Your thoughts are your resume. Anyone who says what you just said has obviously already achieved a lot. (Might be a good idea to put those links in your profile so that anyone can see them no matter which comment they read.) Not a slam, just some feedback from someone who keeps making the same mistake. You have much value to add. Find a voice that gets that value to the maximum number of recipients.