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It's a literary device. What he's telling you is that he learned: - That founders don't believe YC-partners often because their advice is counterintuitive. Th
by inglor 4y ago
It's a literary device.
What he's telling you is that he learned:
- That founders don't believe YC-partners often because their advice is counterintuitive. The underlying message is that it's important to not only give advice (sell your service) but also understand if it's being taken (your service is being actually used).
- That founders (sers) come with presumptions and those affect how they apply your advice (use your product). In his "hack the test" example he emphasizes how important it is to persist in your advice (educate your users) so they unlearn old habits.
etc..
He skips directly spelling out the conclusions to encourage you to read more than headlines which makes the reading (IMO) more interesting.
- gnicholas 4y agoI guess that's one way to put it. But skipping the conclusions means that we don't know what, if anything, they are doing differently to solve these issues. Just telling someone "trust us, you'll regret it if you don't follow our advice" isn't exactly a compelling argument. I'ma also not sure PG is trying to use a literary device, as you suggest. His normal writing style is very candid, so it would be surprising if he were all of a sudden burying (omitting?) the lede here.