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Well, does it reflect badly on a startup founder if their idea doesn't work out? But since things are subtler in science, it's possible to sell stuff and pollut
by bonoboTP 5y ago
Well, does it reflect badly on a startup founder if their idea doesn't work out? But since things are subtler in science, it's possible to sell stuff and pollute the literature even if it didn't really work out. To do otherwise is altruistic but ultimately outcompeted by those with less qualms about it.
- MattGaiser 5y ago> Well, does it reflect badly on a startup founder if their idea doesn't work out? Maybe not in SV, but I have heard plenty of people tell startup founders to "get a real job" or refer to trying a startup as a "figuring it out phase." When a startup some friends founded failed, they had to deal with people wondering if they chose the startup route as they couldn't get real jobs upon graduation. So, yes, in some places.