The mistakes that inexperienced founders make have a lot in common with those that inexperienced writers make. They go about things in an overcomplicated way, because the obvious, simple approach doesn't seem "serious" enough.
Show me a fancy resume and I feel nothing.
Show me who else is investing and I see lemmings jumping off a cliff.
Show me a big unaddressed problem and I am listening.
Show me the solution you’ve built and I lean in.
Show me the team of true believers you built and I invest.
Jon Stewart to Congress on the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund:
"Behind me [is] a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me a nearly empty Congress. Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. Shameful."
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Generally the highest ROI comes from getting even better in areas where you're already strong, not improving in areas where you're weak.
There are important exceptions, but most people focus on their weaknesses too much.
"If she was a candy maker, she'd care more about the shape of the candy than what it tasted like."
– 6 yo on his teacher, who cares a lot about handwriting
Testnet3 for Handshake has launched!! New features include
* PoW switch from Cuckoo Cucle to cBLAKE to break existing miners
* Protocol level HNS airdrop
* Compatibility changes for existing naming projects (i.e. ENS, NameCoin)
https://t.co/XHwUPxKEah