I would take a direct no, but i had had nasty experience when they go on lecturing things like "get traction on what u are doing", "you dont seem to have backgr

I would take a direct no, but i had had nasty experience when they go on lecturing things like "get traction on what u are doing", "you dont seem to have background in this field", "this wont work becoz of ......". This is more irritating than a simple NO with a reason like we arent interested. Vinod Khosla is bit polite in saying this :D rather than giving a lecture.