A few weeks ago, I spoke with someone who contacted me through the co-founder wish list. He would have benefited greatly from this article. I spent over an ho

A few weeks ago, I spoke with someone who contacted me through the co-founder wish list. He would have benefited greatly from this article. I spent over an hour listening to him over Skype, name dropping and extolling the technical virtues of his business. During the conversation, he left absolutely no pauses for me to speak. I ended up having to interrupt him mid-speech after realizing that he was not looking for a co-founder, but trying to sell his soon to be released platform to developers. Looking back, I realize that I was the same way a little over a year ago. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of creating the next great thing. But care should be taken to ensure that conversations do not devolve into verbal masturbation over yet-another-victim.