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I know many young founders doing all of this and not creating huge hype around themselves. I do agree with your points but you can't put all young founders in t
by brackin 15y ago
I know many young founders doing all of this and not creating huge hype around themselves. I do agree with your points but you can't put all young founders in the same boat.
Playing devils advocate, if it gets you users, press, etc why not? I'm not using it in this circumstance but if you want to get TechCrunched, have a great product your age will help, why not use it?
The press always needs a story, every blogpost has a story, it may not be age it may be funding or the fact you worked for Google or though of it on a mountain, regardless every tech blogpost has a story not just 'this product has launched'. Blame journalism, not the people conforming to it.
- idl 15y agoI fully agree with you, do whatever it takes to help your startup. And yes that's just how journalism works. I'm mostly referring to the young founders' perspectives. Many of them get a false sense of accomplishment and specialness by building a half decent prototype just because of their age, and don't understand how beneficial it is to have killer execution. They often see getting TechCrunched as an end goal, instead of gaining true traction and building a real business.
- brackin 15y agoI see what you mean and agree. Don't let your eye off the prize. Once you get a lot of press you get distracted. If Mark Zuckerberg had a lot of press at 16 would he have got this far? Then again this is the same for anything. People on reality tv, competitions, etc