The more experienced your audience, the more confused and annoyed they will be by buzzwords.
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The buzzword-filled pitch that impresses your friends will make you seem stupid to investors.
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Part of the difficulty of being an investor is distinguishing actual stupidity from apparent stupidity caused by trying to seem smart.
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When I did YC interviews, my first objective was to restate the founders' idea in ordinary language. Sometimes it took 5 minutes.
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I feel the same dilemma when submitting my resumé: buzzwords to get past recruiter/HR filters, no BS for hiring manager.
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Wow you have coined it beautifully
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It’s a version of Batesian mimicry https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/12/batesian-mimicry/ …
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“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things seem difficult.” - Buffett http://shaneoleary.me/blog/index.php/dear-planners-trying-sound-smart-actually-makes-look-stupid/ …
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Insightful
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So trying to seem smart is just lack of confidence, thus apparent stupidity. Are we sure it's not just plain actual stupidity nowadays? :D
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That's classic. I'm gonna mark this one as a future famous quote.
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