11 yo and his friends are always coming up with ideas for beating the system. I told him that the really big money is not in little tricks like that, but in making things that help people.
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Very successful startups often turn out in retrospect to have beaten the system in some sense. But that was not the path that led to them. Their founders weren't asking "How can I beat the system?" but rather "What would be cool to build?"
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Interestingly, the naive belief that money is made primarily by beating the system is shared both by people who are eager to do it, and by people whose ideology is based on opposing it. The difference is that many of the former eventually learn they're mistaken.
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And how can I solve that problem for those people?
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I'm just gonna follow you Asap because this word is golden
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It's the difference between how can I take a shortcut & how do I build a better path for others to follow.
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I'd like to believe this but have met a bunch of founders (and investors) who have lacked that clarity of purpose and yet succeeded. Much like life - it takes alll types. To be clear, I prefer what you're advocating...
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+what would be impactful to build...
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Every founder often begins with the question of "How do I build this stuff to solve this problem" That's the beginning of a new journey into beating the system which was never the plan
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It’s the perception of exhaust and useless capital that motivates the “they cheated” sentiment. Often heard since around 1990ish that the world is “awash” with capital. That’s why interest is so low. The commons are monetized. That’s the tweet idea. Right or wrong.
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perhaps similar to how lots of great mathematicians, are those who genuinely love mathematics (or physics, computer science etc). then you can really put all your energies into it!
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