The Startup Myth
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The Startup Myth
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#2Umm, considering the hard attitude the article presents, the actual content is really rather fluffy.
I can think of a word in response to this article: straw-man.
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#3Umm, considering the hard attitude the article presents, the actual content is really rather fluffy. I can think of a word in response to this article: straw-man.
i think it might be hasty generalization or slippery slope instead of straw man.
there are plenty of people who do live the life as described. however, there are plenty more who don't. he's attacking a fraction like its the whole.
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#5Umm, considering the hard attitude the article presents, the actual content is really rather fluffy. I can think of a word in response to this article: straw-man.
i think it might be hasty generalization or slippery slope instead of straw man. there are plenty of people who do live the life as described. however, there are plenty more who don't. he's attacking a fraction like its the whole.
You may well be right.
Regardless, the article is clearly less than great.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
i think it might be hasty generalization or slippery slope instead of straw man. there are plenty of people who do live the life as described. however, there are plenty more who don't. he's attacking a fraction like its the whole.
You may well be right. Regardless, the article is clearly less than great.
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#7I thought it was a great article.
The author is basically telling people not to create bubble startups. If you want to create a business, create one that has value. Don't just create a startup for some romanticized ideal.
It is sound advice, even if it cuts a little too close to the bone for some.
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#8I thought it was a great article. The author is basically telling people not to create bubble startups. If you want to create a business, create one that has value. Don't just create a startup for some romanticized ideal. It is sound advice, even if it cuts a little too close to the bone for some.
i feel like it would be a great article if it weren't playing totally on semantics to write a sensationalist article.
he's basically labeling startups and startup culture as the "bad business" subset of entrepreneurs. it is not the case that all startups are bad businesses, nor is it the case that all entrepreneurs are running good businesses.
he could totally skip all of that labeling and write an article on running good business.
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#9Well done. I love what I do... I hope that is what it means to run a start-up.
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#10... get a billion or die trying!
I don't buy the "create big companies to create many jobs" mantra. A one man company creates one job, and leaves one more job available in the market for someone else. That's a contribution in my book.