So ... hey ... what's the consensus on how much should startup founders lie? Clearly it's not zero, clearly it's not theranos, but that's one large middle ground.!
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Replying to @jasoncrawford @krishnanrohit
What if he had said "exaggerate" or just "misstate probabilities of success"?
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” - Richard Feynman
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It's the difference between tech and science. If only he'd met Jobs I wonder how he'd have characterised it ... Sometimes the only way is to fool yourself so hard you get the world to go along with you.
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Replying to @krishnanrohit @DanielleFong and
Exactly! From Caro’s “Master of the Senate”pic.twitter.com/VJHSbd4f75
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Replying to @fruitoftears @krishnanrohit and
“What convinces is conviction.” Most founders (and people in general) don’t fool themselves consciously but they do fool themselves. There’s no other way to make it work.
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Replying to @fruitoftears @krishnanrohit and
How much should they lie to other people? Don’t get sued, don’t do anything illegal (but this also has its limits: see Uber). But a lot of advertising is lying (sometimes it’s mere “misleading”). All statements about goals that don’t include status, money, fame are half-truths.
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it’s apparently true that you can succeed in business, crime and spycraft by lying all the time, but isn’t it remarkable how often the end state is people getting hoisted by their own petard?
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I rather feel like it's too few tbh, which is why the strategy is so prevalent.
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still a waste of life
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