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You guys are giving me a hard time. I'm just tired of trying to convince my friends to start a business. I wanted to outline my "forces" in this post; just hint

You guys are giving me a hard time. I'm just tired of trying to convince my friends to start a business. I wanted to outline my "forces" in this post; just hint about what I'm capable of. As for Craigslist: it's too local, not technical enough to find anyone. I just want to meet someone who share the same interests and values. Obviously some of you don't, and I'd suggest just stop whining about it. BTW, your assumptions are sometime telling a little bit too much about you...

wheels 18y ago
But you didn't actually say anything about your values. Here's your post boiled down to actual content: "I want to start a business related startup. I've worked for a small startup. I've got enough cash to get us through the first few months. I live in Canada." Other than that there's not much to go on. Would you jump at a pitch like that?
- h34t 18y ago
  It's not a pitch, it's an ice-breaker. A signal of intent. The equivalent of cracking a smart joke to the girl next to you at the bar: You both know what you're after, but neither of you can know whether you want to be with each other until somebody makes the first move and gets the ball rolling (which should NOT be a summary of your entire life's experience). That's all this is; I applaud.
jodrellblank 18y ago
Well you haven't really done that - your post says you are capable of everything. Business and tech and successful management and financial support. All strengths no weaknesses? You reject Craigslist for being not technical enough, yet the most detail you give is "I have an idea"? Are you looking to compute spaceshuttle flightpaths using CUDA, make "a web daytybasey" or write a portaloo rental scheduler for SAP? Someone who shares the same values? What values? Running a company then leaving it? Posting a vague post and when criticized and asked for more details, telling people to stop whining, then making insinuating comments about them? Complaining about being given a hard time when faced with a dozen paragraphs of text on the internet? This is the internet, you talk people listen. Spend time and effort listening. Hundreds or thousands of people, minutes each. Person hours wasted. Consider the ice pre-broken. It might be a bit late now, but giving lots more details is about the only way you could salvage this thread, IMO.

wheels 18y ago

But you didn't actually say anything about your values. Here's your post boiled down to actual content: "I want to start a business related startup. I've worked for a small startup. I've got enough cash to get us through the first few months. I live in Canada." Other than that there's not much to go on. Would you jump at a pitch like that?

h34t 18y ago
It's not a pitch, it's an ice-breaker. A signal of intent. The equivalent of cracking a smart joke to the girl next to you at the bar: You both know what you're after, but neither of you can know whether you want to be with each other until somebody makes the first move and gets the ball rolling (which should NOT be a summary of your entire life's experience). That's all this is; I applaud.

jodrellblank 18y ago

Well you haven't really done that - your post says you are capable of everything. Business and tech and successful management and financial support. All strengths no weaknesses? You reject Craigslist for being not technical enough, yet the most detail you give is "I have an idea"? Are you looking to compute spaceshuttle flightpaths using CUDA, make "a web daytybasey" or write a portaloo rental scheduler for SAP? Someone who shares the same values? What values? Running a company then leaving it? Posting a vague post and when criticized and asked for more details, telling people to stop whining, then making insinuating comments about them? Complaining about being given a hard time when faced with a dozen paragraphs of text on the internet? This is the internet, you talk people listen. Spend time and effort listening. Hundreds or thousands of people, minutes each. Person hours wasted. Consider the ice pre-broken. It might be a bit late now, but giving lots more details is about the only way you could salvage this thread, IMO.