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1a. Come up with strawman idea. 1b. Come up with real idea. 2. Publicly "pivot"* on HN. 3. Funding? A least there's a step two... * Could we please declare "p
by edw 16y ago
1a. Come up with strawman idea. 1b. Come up with real idea. 2. Publicly "pivot"* on HN. 3. Funding?
A least there's a step two...
* Could we please declare "pivot" an exhausted concept and move on to the next start-up buzzword?
- zachallaun 16y agoThat a term is overused does not mean the underlying concept is exhausted.
- edw 16y agoMaybe I'm too Buddhist or something but "pivot" has come to mean, "observing and adapting to what the universe is saying," which is another word for not being obstinate. It's a linguistic gang sign the insecure flash to show their starters group membership. It irritates me because listening to MBAs speak is an exercise in suicide preparation, and starters are accumulating their own distinct but equivalent lexicon of fancy words that refer to simple, everyday concepts.
- mindcrime 16y agoCould we please declare "pivot" an exhausted concept and move on to the next start-up buzzword? Interesting... why do you say so? I mean, yeah, the word is used a lot... but is that necessarily a bad thing? If people are taking the "lean" approach to heart, iterating and pivoting, and being more market focused, isn't that a positive? Strangely enough, I love to rail against buzzwords myself (esp. "Web 2.0", "Web 3.0", etc.) but I never thought of "pivot" as a buzzword before... maybe it's a regional thing? Perhaps people who are in the Bay Area (or $WHEREVER) hear it more often?