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One of the great secrets of the Valley is that investors love hypomanic CEOs.
by rms 15y ago
One of the great secrets of the Valley is that investors love hypomanic CEOs.
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- gwern 15y agohypomanic?
- rms 15y agoYeah, true clinical mania looks a lot like psychosis.
- gwern 15y agoNo, I meant that 'hypo' means a lack, and 'hyper' means an excess, so I would expect a 'hypo'-manic CEO to be some sort of depressive and not look like a great candidate for funding and a 'hyper'-manic CEO to be extremely energetic and convincing and voluble and so at an advantage with VCs.
- prodigal_erik 15y agoClinically it's used as "not quite mania, but close". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania
- gwern 15y agoHuh. TIL. Goes to show that understanding Greek or Latin roots doesn't always help you.