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Stavros. You need to detach a little bit, get a 10,000m view. You've got something, you can be successful. But your approach is "out of whack" and people aren't
by dd444fgdfg 5y ago
Stavros. You need to detach a little bit, get a 10,000m view. You've got something, you can be successful. But your approach is "out of whack" and people aren't going to support you. Conform to influence.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoConform to influence. OBEY. I was going to upload a nice screencap from a 1988 movie They Live to IMGZ and link it here, but it turns out my trial expired so no link for you.
- stavros 5y agoWell guess what just UNEXPIRED
- TeMPOraL 5y agoWhy thank you. I thought I actually had a paid account, but it turns out I misremembered. Got to fix that. EDIT now the site disagrees and tells me I already paid. That's one growth hack. The joke has expired so still no meme image for the parent poster. I appreciate the explanation, though.
- dd444fgdfg 5y agoObey propaganda :D actually, conform to influence doesn't mean that. It means, to influence a group you need to be part of the group. To be part of the group, you need to first conform to the group.
- stavros 5y agoAh I see, I read "influence" as a noun when you meant it as a verb. Very ambiguous though.
- jrochkind1 5y agoIt's actually a very pithy phrase, because it's exactly the "message" of the product as art, reversed. Stavros would prefer not to conform, and doesn't care if that means he doesn't influence. Although... ironically he is probably one of the more influential HN posters. Now, profitable, I dunno, do you really mean "conform [in order] to profit", does "influence" just mean "exploit" [in the economic sense. mostly] now? Can we conceive of someone who would rather not conform and in fact would rather not exploit?
- stavros 5y agoI can confirm I have influenced zero people, which is probably for the best.
- mhh__ 5y agoIs it not ok to make a "little bit" (you can be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams from a small business) of money from a opinionated business (akin to a restauraunt, perhaps) rather than conform and become just one more ycombinator-esque startup in the hope you'll make even more money if you make it big.