This is the essence of this story. The past year of my life has been spent dealing with a founder who assumes every compliment is a business deal ready to happ

This is the essence of this story. The past year of my life has been spent dealing with a founder who assumes every compliment is a business deal ready to happen. We've wasted so much time and money chasing after "paradigm shifts" and "game changers" that were literally nothing more than polite, small-talky blow offs. There's a certain kind of narcissism at work in the minds of many founders. Perhaps it is what makes them successful on some level. Perhaps it is what motivates them to go forward. I dunno. Whatever it is, it is endlessly frustrating.