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Google serves this role a lot for the opposite model. How many times have you heard "don't worry about your business model, just get big and you'll figure it ou

Google serves this role a lot for the opposite model. How many times have you heard "don't worry about your business model, just get big and you'll figure it out. It worked for Google." I've heard that from so many respectable Silicon Valley investors, and it's made me cringe each time. The real question is "why do people who give advice always do so in such black and white terms?"

jamesbritt 16y ago
The real question is "why do people who give advice always do so in such black and white terms?" My guess is that many people want to hear their personal hopes and biases confirmed. Hate to go to meetings? Sweet; I just read that meetings are toxic! These guys are brilliant! Never mind the lack of context or backing evidence for various aphoristic claims. The folks who read what they want into such things don't care. When you hear what seems to be simplistic black-and-white advice, try flipping it around to the opposite, and see how hard it would be to rationalize a belief in that point of view. TDD is good - TDD is bad, OOP is epic - OOP is toxic; Stay small. Grow large. It gets to a point where such proclamations are little more than grammatically correct sentences, and all meaning is provided by the reader.