The reason I quit X last year...
It was because all I saw were wannabe entrepreneurs (and I say this with all the respect, as I was one) wanting to make money on the internet, but not providing any real value.
I know a business could be many things but:
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x.comThe reason I quit X last year... It was because all I saw were wannabe entrepreneurs (and I say this with all the respect, as I was one) wanting to make money on the internet, but not providing any real value. I know a business could be many things but: + Goshtwriting +
As an adult, I've thrice encountered a type of person I despise:
The high-achiever who stops chatting with you—after having a great, close, years-long relationship—the moment they no longer perceive you as useful toward gaining power and success in their career path.
Julian Shapirox.comyou’re starting to see this in the current cohort of entrants to the valley.
when all status & relationship are digital mediated, appearance and substance decohere aggressively; the nice car, the funding round, having a product, is only useful insofar as you can post about it.
and when the... See more
will depuex.comI feel like an anti-entrepreneur, in that it feels completely against my nature to come up with ideas that make money. It’s like I can conceive of every kind of idea except that kind.
on my trip back from sf, i overheard a group of people who had just come from the yc ai startup school in the airport. i decided to listen in on their conversation. none of it was about building things that would bring people joy or about creating something meaningful. it was all about how much money they could make, the pursuit of wealth above... See more
Raphael Salajax.com