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Small advice in general, as someone who very often fail to convince people, then leave, then happens to be right in the end but withouth being there anymore to
by bsaul 9y ago
Small advice in general, as someone who very often fail to convince people, then leave, then happens to be right in the end but withouth being there anymore to enjoy it.
Convincing people is a very different matter from proving that you’re right. Those kind of debates often happen because there isn’t a rigourous mathmetical proof that can invalidate the decision, so you’ll have to resort to different arguments than purely logical ones. Eg : in your case, saying « our product isn’t emitting anything ressembling a token, so ICO doesn’t make sense » should be enough theoretically, but it probably won’t ( they’ll probably mention other ICO with product like yours).
So, you have to think about the personal motivations of every people you’re trying to convince, sincerely and honestly understand them. Then try to find a different answer than an ICO for each of those motivations.
Good luck though, because whenever rationality is lost, things becomes emotional then ugly.
- tonystubblebine 9y agoThis is the best advice in the thread. Notably missing in the OP is: "What is the option for the company if you don't do the ICO?" Selling that, even if it's "Going out of business without having wasted other people's money is preferable to fraud," is a big part of how to actually have this discussion.
- rabidonrails 9y ago>>Convincing people is a very different matter from proving that you’re right. This is probably the best advice for any engineer who's sitting in the management world and being asked to make a business decision.