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> When you find the good ones you're nice to them because it's in everyone's interest. Why do you have to differentiate being nice to people based on their ab

• VLM 12y ago
  Maybe its a "when you don't have much left, whats left is more important". Like the discussion of employee talent vs qty graph shape, there exists a similar graph of employer quality vs qty of some shape. And if you know as an employer you're at a very low point of that graph, unable to execute, unable to meet deadlines, unable to pay contracts in full, all you may really have left is nice personal charisma, making it all the more crucial. You can behave like IBM or Google if you're IBM or Google. Little startup, maybe not. If all you've got left is the ability to be nice because everything else is lost, then being nice is becomes more important than at Accenture or insert any other large company. Its similar to the concept of "grace under fire" which used to mean something other than a sitcom or a martial arts TV show.
• onion2k 12y ago
  You should be as nice as you can to everyone, but pragmatically speaking you can't. There isn't enough time, money, or energy available. There are a good reasons to prioritise certain people though - I was suggesting that people who will have an impact on the startup industry are such people.
  • TomGullen 12y ago
    > You should be as nice as you can to everyone, but pragmatically speaking you can't. There isn't enough time, money, or energy available. Being nice to someone isn't the sum of all time, money and energy expended on someone. It's just treating them with respect and dignity when your path crosses with theirs.