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Perhaps I worded that comment too harshly. However, that's a distinction you're making, gruesom. The OP doesn't say it's not worth doing as a startup, he says
by dylangs1030 13y ago
Perhaps I worded that comment too harshly.
However, that's a distinction you're making, gruesom. The OP doesn't say it's not worth doing as a startup, he says it's not worth doing in general. There's no qualifier. Had there been, I wouldn't take the same issue with it. This is something other commenters have pointed out down and upthread as well.
- gruseom 13y ago"He says it's not worth doing in general." He did not. It's you who read that in and became indignant at it. "There's no qualifier." Certainly there is—the title of the post. Plus its whole context, which is obviously that of a classic Silicon Valley venture-funded startup. Look at it this way. When people in this context say "You should go after a big market", do they mean that anyone going after a small market is an inferior person? Of course not. What they mean is that if you're going for a classic high-growth startup, you'll need a market big enough to support that. They're communicating a distilled lesson about startups, not the world in general. Same with Slava's post.
- dylangs1030 13y agoYou know, I guess you're right. I was off base with this comment - I tried to be more neutral and less critical in my top level comment to pg. But yeah, I concede. I see your point.