I would cut everything above the “Why I Love Destroying Dreams” section. I used to work with SCORE, an entrepreneur mentorship program with local chapters. Thi

I would cut everything above the “Why I Love Destroying Dreams” section. I used to work with SCORE, an entrepreneur mentorship program with local chapters. This kind of dissuading tough love was part of the advice that would be given. However, it’d be presented more as homework for the entrepreneur: validate your market, have answers to sales objections, plan to shore up capitalization, have deeper conversations with family that will be supporting you. Some entrepreneurs did probably need a tougher lecture that suggested nothing would help if they didn’t apply enough raw tenacity and diligence, but many succeeded after smaller changes to their thinking. The 99% failure rate is not accurate when the entrepreneur has a reasonable idea and plan.