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    John Backus‏ @backus Sep 18

    For most "global" advice • Execution > ideas • Lean startups > grand visions There is often community specific advice that intentionally contradicts • Ideas > execution (Thiel) • Lean startup is bad (@rabois) Advice is contextual. Global advice often assumes the avg view

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      2. fatih‏ @fatih_turkgenc Sep 19
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Thiel is also against lean startups

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 19
        Replying to @fatih_turkgenc @rabois

        haha I was wondering if someone would point this out. Yeah, I ran out of space in the tweet. Also, I've seen @rabois publicly defend the anti-lean startup position on Twitter before so figured he was worth mentioning

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      4. fatih‏ @fatih_turkgenc Sep 19
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        its fine since thiel is like anti everything ;)

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      5. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 19
        Replying to @fatih_turkgenc @rabois

        Yup. That's the whole "secret and right" / contrarian thing. I agree with it, hence the "hopefully wrong on average" joke in my bio. Emphasizing my preference for strategically valuable stances over being "right" as much as possible

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      6. fatih‏ @fatih_turkgenc Sep 19
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Ye that secret and right thingy makes it cool i once had contrarion in my bio... lol

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      2. Jarek Piotrowski‏ @JarekP Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        John, please show me an average startups and average founder to which average advice applies... :) all advice is context dependent.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 18
        Replying to @JarekP @rabois

        Yeah, "all advice is context dependent" is my point

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      4. Jarek Piotrowski‏ @JarekP Sep 19
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        What I meant explicitly is that there is no global advice, as you call it. Maybe with an exception of silver rule: Do not treat others the way you would not like to be treated.

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      1. Florent Crivello‏ @Altimor Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        I make the case here on ideas > execution too (last section) https://florentcrivello.com/index.php/2018/07/29/mind-the-moat-a-7-powers-review/ …pic.twitter.com/StmqUbLGFj

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      2. Keith Rabois‏ @rabois Sep 18
        Replying to @backus

        Ironically, Peter and I agree on the most specific diagnosis and prescription more than 75%.

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      1. CloseApproximation‏ @closeapproximat Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Nice points.

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      1. Daniel Gonzalez‏ @IamDanielGonz Sep 19
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        There’s a bad rap for those with “grand visions” Execution is needed to make it happen. However, the founder can build the execution, I mean executive team to make it happen Knowing where to go, and how to get there are distinct talents. The latter is more easily employable

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      1. Gopi Subbaraj‏ @rsgopi Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        I always thought ideas > execution . Isn’t Twitter a great example?

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      1. Scott Stevenson‏ @scottastevenson Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Most advice of this type is just an easily transmittable heuristic. Real wisdom is deeply encoded in our brains and hard to transmit. Yes heuristics can really change their effectiveness if you change the context that they’re used!

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      1. Franco Petra‏ @fpetra_ Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Social/Economic abstractions ("global" advice) can't be taken as laws. The map is not the territory. 🌍🌐

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      1. Ollie Brooke‏ @cloud_concepts Sep 18
        Replying to @backus @rabois

        Not following @rabois ;)

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