To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations. If it was really this simple, VC

To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations. If it was really this simple, VCs would have success rates upwards of 90%. All said, I can understand how someone who reads proposals for a living could come off sounding jaded. It's pretty easy to pass judgment, especially from the sidelines.