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Just remember the Mantra of Silicon Valley: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" -Gandhi To be ignored or laughed
by scottLobster 4y ago
Just remember the Mantra of Silicon Valley: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" -Gandhi
To be ignored or laughed at is, in a traditional SV company's mind, simply stage 1 or 2 of the plan, and if stage 4 never happens it's because they were "ahead of their time" or something, never can it be that the idea is fucking stupid.
- erehweb 4y agoTangential, but not exactly from Ghandi https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/first-they-ignore-you/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/first-they-ignore-you/
- tapanjk 4y ago*Gandhi
- pfdietz 4y agoAh, survivor bias. The vast majority of things that are ignored, laughed at, or fought, go on to lose.
- cesarb 4y ago> "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl Sagan