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I'm not terribly impressed. A lot of these are of the form "do [something that's obviously a good idea]" without much info on which things to prioritise or how

I'm not terribly impressed. A lot of these are of the form "do [something that's obviously a good idea]" without much info on which things to prioritise or how to actually do them. Stuff like "Pick business partners with high intelligence, energy, and, above all, integrity." (as though anyone wanted to pick a dumb, lazy, sleazy business partner)

xkcd-sucks 8y ago
"How to get rich without getting lucky: Be lucky"
- A2017U1 8y ago
  The moment I saw @naval actually burst out laughing, you've got to be really delusional to believe this stuff. Highly recommend reading who this person is before reading the thread. It feels like the dodgy gurus of the 60's are back stronger than ever.
  - rudigergerm 8y ago
    I googled and found he's some popular VC, do you know anything else?
    - A2017U1 8y ago
      He's involved with Angellist and a few cryptocurrencies. Don't get me wrong I think the guy has some amazing insights and is worth listening to, yet simultaneously pretending that being a VC middleman with all this money sloshing around makes one a genius and involved no luck is silly. You can make repeatedly bad investment decisions in the last decade and still be up a few hundred percent. Take a dim view of people who consider that to be skill, we are in an unprecedented time with regards to money creation and certain asset prices reflect that.
  - codesternews 8y ago
    who is the person? never heard of him.