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People’s bullshit detectors have gone off on the launch of basically every single billion dollar tech company. That’s the downside of being early. No one believ
by PierceJoy 19d ago
People’s bullshit detectors have gone off on the launch of basically every single billion dollar tech company. That’s the downside of being early. No one believes it will work. If everyone believed it, you’re late. I’m sure I could find a comment such this, basically verbatim, on the launch post of every successful startup to come out of YC.
- LPisGood 19d agoThis does not mean that any launch which ignites people’s bullshit detectors is successful.
- dools 19d agoYes and an infinitesimal number of launches turn into billion dollar companies. The bullshit detectors are usually right.
- PierceJoy 15d agoStartups fail by default. It doesn't make the pessimists correct. What I have noticed though it that successful startups are rarely, if ever, run by pessimists.
- fwip 19d agoI'm sure all of them have a few skeptics. I'm not sure if any of the successful launches here were this negative.