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Do you think the new cofounder will substantially change your ability to have 5 successful pilots in the next 3 months? Are you excited about the space? Do you

Do you think the new cofounder will substantially change your ability to have 5 successful pilots in the next 3 months? Are you excited about the space? Do you think you are uniquely able to contribute? Do you still think the market is there? If your answer are no to all or most of the above, it sounds like maybe you should close up shop. I think returning VC money is dumb. Returning friends & family might be worthwhile.

mlevental 8y ago
>Do you think the new cofounder will substantially change your ability to have 5 successful pilots in the next 3 months? substantially? hard to tell. he is hungry, and smart enough (from what i can tell), but he's no magician (who is anyway?). >Are you excited about the space? no. we are not building tesla-spacex-oculus. it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. i am excited about potentially building a successful business. >Do you think you are uniquely able to contribute? not as of yet. >Do you still think the market is there? yes. >I think returning VC money is dumb. Returning friends & family might be worthwhile. there is no traditional vc money. it is only fff money.
- keithnz 8y ago
  why do you think the market is there?
  - mlevental 8y ago
    tradeshows are 500B global market.
    - keithnz 8y ago
      I more meant for your offering. If the market is simply tradeshows, then surely there is many ways to pivot in this market?
- eaenki 8y ago
  >Are you excited about the space? no. we are not building tesla-spacex-oculus. it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. i am excited about potentially building a successful business. There you go. Quit. I'd wage my life you wont make it. The only way to do something amazing is to love what you're doing.
- dominicr 8y ago
  > it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. I worked in the technology side of large B2B events for about 10 years and there are certainly people who get really excited about B2B events! You don't have to LOVE your product or industry but you've got to be interested in the industry and believe in your product. Being disinterested in the industry is a big disadvantage. Most people coming up with ideas or solutions are deeply involved in their industry and interested enough to spend a lot of time thinking about it.

mlevental 8y ago

>Do you think the new cofounder will substantially change your ability to have 5 successful pilots in the next 3 months? substantially? hard to tell. he is hungry, and smart enough (from what i can tell), but he's no magician (who is anyway?). >Are you excited about the space? no. we are not building tesla-spacex-oculus. it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. i am excited about potentially building a successful business. >Do you think you are uniquely able to contribute? not as of yet. >Do you still think the market is there? yes. >I think returning VC money is dumb. Returning friends & family might be worthwhile. there is no traditional vc money. it is only fff money.

keithnz 8y ago
why do you think the market is there?
- mlevental 8y ago
  tradeshows are 500B global market.
  - keithnz 8y ago
    I more meant for your offering. If the market is simply tradeshows, then surely there is many ways to pivot in this market?
eaenki 8y ago
>Are you excited about the space? no. we are not building tesla-spacex-oculus. it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. i am excited about potentially building a successful business. There you go. Quit. I'd wage my life you wont make it. The only way to do something amazing is to love what you're doing.
dominicr 8y ago
> it would be very hard to be excited about b2b tradeshows. I worked in the technology side of large B2B events for about 10 years and there are certainly people who get really excited about B2B events! You don't have to LOVE your product or industry but you've got to be interested in the industry and believe in your product. Being disinterested in the industry is a big disadvantage. Most people coming up with ideas or solutions are deeply involved in their industry and interested enough to spend a lot of time thinking about it.