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These pithy rules and sayings make for clickbait. But nobody seems to give good examples of when they said no to focus. VCs like to brag about the "deals they
by abhv 6y ago
These pithy rules and sayings make for clickbait.
But nobody seems to give good examples of when they said no to focus.
VCs like to brag about the "deals they missed" just to remind you that they were in the room where it happened, but then left the room.
- christophilus 6y agoIf you read anything by Jason Fried, or watch some of his talks, you’ll get plenty of concrete examples.
- robertlagrant 6y ago"Most successful people have one common behaviour: disseminate advice based on survivorship bias all the time."
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>These pithy rules and sayings make for clickbait Internet comment sections hate nuance and critical thinking (yes, even HN, we just put lipstick on that pig by being polite and kicking out snarky comments) so it's not surprising they love rules of thumb (which are nearly the polar opposite of applying critical thinking and considering nuances). "say no to X" "say yes to X" "always do X" "never do X" Etc. etc. etc.
- Austin_Conlon 6y agoSteve Jobs was asked for an example at the D conference, and he said PDAs.