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better narrative, grammar, and spelling Doh, in school you get brownie points for spelling right. In business as an investor, you don't.
by zaidf 16y ago
better narrative, grammar, and spelling
Doh, in school you get brownie points for spelling right.
In business as an investor, you don't.
- stanleydrew 16y agoArguably correct spelling and grammar and punctuation matters more in business where it actually affects credibility, rather than a silly letter grade between you and your teacher.
- zaidf 16y agoDepends on the context. For a VC who has built a style around misspelling and weirdly styled blog posts, those rules don't apply. We don't do spell check or grammar check on rap lyrics because those rules don't apply.
- raintrees 16y agoFood for thought: When wading through 100s of resumes, I do use frequent spelling/grammar errors to help me cull...
- zaidf 16y agoInvestors don't usually have to pass around their resumes like a typical job applicant.