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In general, answer the question directly and be honest. Trying to use bullshit marketing speak similar to what is taught during an MBA is a turn off and limits
by ianl 15y ago
In general, answer the question directly and be honest. Trying to use bullshit marketing speak similar to what is taught during an MBA is a turn off and limits their ability to access whether or not you know what you are talking about.
At least, thats what I get from this article and every single essay I've read that was authored by PG.
- kevingao1 15y agoAgreed on all above. Think it's important for them to know you've thought deeply about your space and the problem you're solving/product you're building. All of this comes naturally if you love, and are committed to, what you're doing.
- pg 15y agoThat's good advice. We're interviewing 21 groups a day, and we have to converge on a decision in 10 minutes, so there is nothing more important than speaking plainly. Trying to decode marketing-speak exhausts us. I think people use marketing-speak to seem more impressive, but on us it has the opposite effect. The phenomenon is very much like the artificial diction that inexperienced writers so often adopt, and which does nothing but get in their way. I know it's bad form to quote oneself, but I can't put it better than this: "When you're forced to be simple, you're forced to face the real problem. When you can't deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance." (http://paulgraham.com/taste.html http://paulgraham.com/taste.html)
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