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Exactly. Someone has to tell the founder of "Uber for vegan dog food" that they have a shitty idea. Sometimes its harder to crush someones dream than to just l

Exactly. Someone has to tell the founder of "Uber for vegan dog food" that they have a shitty idea. Sometimes its harder to crush someones dream than to just lie to them and not respond to their emails later.

kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
No VC wants to become famous as the VC who said no to the next unicorn. That's another reason they don't explicitly say no. A 'no' is not a judgment on your whole existence, and it's mostly not personal. It's a judgment on your current state. But most people don't say it that way. They go all "See mom you didn't believe in me but I told you I'd become something". Well your mom didn't believe in you because you were smoking pot and failing all your classes when you were 16 and had half a foot in prison. Good for you if you managed to turn your life around but don't blame mom for her lack of confidence.