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You bring up a very interesting point, and one of my top rules of things not to do if you want to avoid failing. Don't sit around on the couch talking about th
by BrandonWatson 17y ago
You bring up a very interesting point, and one of my top rules of things not to do if you want to avoid failing. Don't sit around on the couch talking about the startup you are going to do "someday." People come up with too many excuses not to do something (economy, finances, wife, kids, etc). It's much easier to talk about the way things conspired against you, than to put your nuts on the table and risk failure.
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- alanthonyc 17y agoI would go even further and say that a lot of people prefer to just talk (and complain) about things rather than actually do anything. Pisses me off.
- sutro 17y agoI once tried putting my nuts on the table during a pitch to some VCs. It didn't work out so well.
- BrandonWatson 17y agoI once told a VC (after they intimated that they wanted to replace me as CEO) that it felt like they gave me a nutpunch. The VC didn't understand the phrase, and I actually had to explain it. Years later, it's how they greet me - "hey, nutpuncher!"