It might be a starting point but it doesn't provide the fundamentals to get you where you want to go. This reminds me of what pickup artists teach. They teach tactics for how to get in the door, and forget about the…
Managing/balancing debt might play a role in friendships, but friendships are not about debt. They are about people who care about each other's lives. I'd much rather have a friendship rooted in love/care than in…
A few thoughts coming from a guy who used to be a shy introvert. - Making friends involves truly connecting with people. Connecting with people means caring about them. The first step is to give a damn about everyone…
In the grand scheme of things, 30 is still young! At least I have to believe so, being 33 :) I started out as a hardware guy, and moved slowly over to software over the last 5 years. The great thing about CS is that…
This is very exciting. If experience points to the hypothesis that this could work, it has to be worth at least trying. At the very least, YC will learn a lot. At best, YC will be thought leaders in creating a new way…
I agree with this.. "why?" is the right question to ask before choosing to do anything. But unless I'm mistaken, this isn't what your article is about.
Sure, I think the main problem is the title of the post. "Forget Self Improvement" a pretty broad statement for how little you say about one part of self improvement. I suppose it served its part in creating controversy…
This is ridiculous. The only useful thing is the suggestion to find what you love. But the author says nothing about the path to finding what you love. This isn't easy for everyone. There is a reason many people go…
Yup, I agree. Why not both? Sounds like the right thing is to find a big problem that you can be passionate about.
I think it is easy to confuse market research and product research with the MVP. I don't even quite know the difference according to Eric's definition. What seems to make sense to me is to simply follow the name. It is…
It might be a starting point but it doesn't provide the fundamentals to get you where you want to go. This reminds me of what pickup artists teach. They teach tactics for how to get in the door, and forget about the…
Managing/balancing debt might play a role in friendships, but friendships are not about debt. They are about people who care about each other's lives. I'd much rather have a friendship rooted in love/care than in…
A few thoughts coming from a guy who used to be a shy introvert. - Making friends involves truly connecting with people. Connecting with people means caring about them. The first step is to give a damn about everyone…
In the grand scheme of things, 30 is still young! At least I have to believe so, being 33 :) I started out as a hardware guy, and moved slowly over to software over the last 5 years. The great thing about CS is that…
This is very exciting. If experience points to the hypothesis that this could work, it has to be worth at least trying. At the very least, YC will learn a lot. At best, YC will be thought leaders in creating a new way…
I agree with this.. "why?" is the right question to ask before choosing to do anything. But unless I'm mistaken, this isn't what your article is about.
Sure, I think the main problem is the title of the post. "Forget Self Improvement" a pretty broad statement for how little you say about one part of self improvement. I suppose it served its part in creating controversy…
This is ridiculous. The only useful thing is the suggestion to find what you love. But the author says nothing about the path to finding what you love. This isn't easy for everyone. There is a reason many people go…
Yup, I agree. Why not both? Sounds like the right thing is to find a big problem that you can be passionate about.
I think it is easy to confuse market research and product research with the MVP. I don't even quite know the difference according to Eric's definition. What seems to make sense to me is to simply follow the name. It is…