A ballsy person can be defined as such when you give them extremely low odds scenario and a decisive moment to make it or break it, and they face that moment with their head up high going against impossible odds.
But building a company is nothing like a decisive moment, not like kicking the decisive penalty kick in the World Cup Final, not like kicking the 50yd field goal into the wind to win the Super Bowl, given that we are speaking about extreme ballsy individuals it’s not like playing a round of Russian Roulette either.
It’s quite the opposite, a very boring and slow grind where there is no decisive moment and the whole process is very anti climatic.
So in a sense yeah you need some grit because you risk wasting your life away but it’s not what I’d define balls.
What's written is quite right, but is quite short ;-)
I was expecting a bit more "Then what" (the rest of the website is okayish).
One thing that also is important is: luck in timing, mass in market.
You can be as daring as you want, if you don't come at the right time for the market, and if the market is not sizable enough, then your effort will be fruitless.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 15.5 ms ] threadA ballsy person can be defined as such when you give them extremely low odds scenario and a decisive moment to make it or break it, and they face that moment with their head up high going against impossible odds.
But building a company is nothing like a decisive moment, not like kicking the decisive penalty kick in the World Cup Final, not like kicking the 50yd field goal into the wind to win the Super Bowl, given that we are speaking about extreme ballsy individuals it’s not like playing a round of Russian Roulette either.
It’s quite the opposite, a very boring and slow grind where there is no decisive moment and the whole process is very anti climatic.
So in a sense yeah you need some grit because you risk wasting your life away but it’s not what I’d define balls.
I was expecting a bit more "Then what" (the rest of the website is okayish).
One thing that also is important is: luck in timing, mass in market.
You can be as daring as you want, if you don't come at the right time for the market, and if the market is not sizable enough, then your effort will be fruitless.