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These stories are everywhere, is like the one about the guy who bought a porsche for spare change because the seller was the owner's ex-wife and wanted to piss
by Thatguise 13y ago
These stories are everywhere, is like the one about the guy who bought a porsche for spare change because the seller was the owner's ex-wife and wanted to piss her ex off.
You do know that was a coincidence right? or even a miracle given how well things ended up. Has the uber guy been a little pissed or in a bad mood the results could have been drastically different, and yet your blog-worthy suggestion is to take a leap of faith and see if it works.
Who cares, we are telling unexperienced, unprepared and even untalented kids to quit school and launch a "startup", whatever that means now.
- davidu 13y agoThat's actually not the point at all. The point is to take the risk. Sometimes you'll find the person in the bad mood, but sometimes, just sometimes, it works, and when it does, it works great. And you don't need to share w/ the world the 5 other people you tried it on who weren't feeling serendipitous that day. History is told by the victors, after all.
- Thatguise 13y agoRight and when it does not which is going to be most of the time you end up ruining your reputation in the extremely tightly-knit gossipy startup community, and become ostracized for being a "bad culture fit" in short the only guy in the room who is neither high or a brown noser.
- XEKEP 13y agoIt is not important how unlikely are the odds. What's important is to be prepared when the chance does present itself and that requires talent and years of training. So I think you misread the narrative, it's not about striking gold.
- Thatguise 13y agoThe narrative didn't even once elaborate on the qualifications of the designer, her story or the long path that brought her the experience to improve the app.