Jessica Livingston (2015)

Post by crashingintoyou » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 10:11 AM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #7

Even though this is old, I'm glad it's here again. Jessica deserves so much credit for the success of YC but she's far too humble to make a big deal of it herself. It's important for the rest of us to call this out once in a while. Thank you Jessica for everything you've done and do.

"Jessica deserves so much credit for the success of YC but she's far too humble to make a big deal of it herself."

It seems to me that one reason for her success is that's she's able to exist in the limelight. Give her a higher profile and I'm not sure that the her approach as described in PG's post would work as well.

I'm not convinced that everyone wants much attention - I know that I don't.

Post by fairity » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 3:50 PM UTC

crashingintoyou wrote: post #200

tshaddox wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not familiar with this incident, and if it was truly violent then I agree that it’s tragic and likely to result in a loss of valuable voices. But all too often people express opinions publicly, then receive criticism of those opinions publicly, and conclude “wow, these days you can’t even express opinions any more.” This is especially common with wealthy and/or powerful people who are not accustomed to receiving…

Jessica Livingston's own words ( https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/the-sound-of-silence ) """Not surprisingly, the juiciest targets for this sort of willful misinterpretation are organizations and people who are successful. They have power, and power makes them both interesting and envied; I teach founders they all have to be prepared for this as their startups grow. In my blog post, "Subtle Mid-Stage Startup Pitf…

Thanks for sharing, below is a quote from the same post.

> Thirteen years later, that's my default plan. There’s just too much downside for me to get distracted with others’ opinions of my opinions. [1] It's not that I'm afraid of expressing my opinions. I just think, "Why bother?"

Is it really true that she's not afraid though? It's a perfectly natural reaction to be afraid of the internet mob shouting you down -- the first time I went through this, I was extremely distraught.

The reason I ask is bc we should be honest about the problem, so that we can solve it.

Perhaps the solution is to teach the good people around us how to have thicker skin, so they don't have as strong of an emotional reaction to internet backlash. But, detaching yourself from ego is actually a really hard skill to teach & learn. It almost seems like a hopeless endeavor when you're talking about creative people who are already very busy.

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