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Based on the pitches I’ve seen, it’s very much the opposite. ”We are about to completely upend the X industry, with a market potential of hundreds of billions”
by nikanj 8y ago
Based on the pitches I’ve seen, it’s very much the opposite. ”We are about to completely upend the X industry, with a market potential of hundreds of billions”
- LeoNatan25 8y agoWhen I hear this, My instinct is to roll my eyes. So much hyperbole in startups, it’s one of the large reasons I don’t see myself working for a startup.
- andyana 8y agoExactly. It makes me cringe. A majority of the firms looking to hire in the "Who's Hiring" thread have inflated self-worth.
- ohithereyou 8y agoAs a developer the company can have whatever view of itself it cares to have as long as my paycheck clears.
- andyana 8y agoI'm sure you can set whatever standard or lack thereof you'd like.
- Hydraulix989 8y agoMost engineers care about equity potential. You don't make it in the Valley on base salary alone.
- ohithereyou 8y agoThis is why I don't work in the Valley and am only listed in entries in the Who's Hiring list that are full time remote or outside of the Valley.
- flukus 8y agoThey expect their devs to be equally enthusiastic, the true believers are also gullible enough to work unpaid overtime.
- ganeshkrishnan 8y ago"We are disrupting the AI blockchain cannabis industry using state of the art AR/VR technology"
- HippoBaro 8y agoYou're onto something!
- squarefoot 8y agoObligatory link to one of the many corporate bullshit generators around, though this one creates entire documents and not just sentences. Just in case someone needs one :) https://lurkertech.com/corpspeak/ https://lurkertech.com/corpspeak/
- alexis_fr 8y agoDoes anyone know the video of an entrepreneur at a conf who nailed the startup pitch language and levers? I’ve been looking for it for quite some time, I don’t know the name, it was a 5-minute pitch between sessions.
- rndgermandude 8y agoOnly "state of the art"? Dropped.
- achillesheels 8y agoYou too?!
- jakoblorz 8y agoI think OP meant most successful companies
- jakoblorz 8y agoAnd I meant all successful startups, lol