top | item 42455441 (no title) stuart73547373 | 1 year ago genuinely impressed by your tact and quality of response to such a weirdly hostile message discuss order hn newest apeytavin|1 year ago Haha thank you. But really, his message was full of very concrete remarks that help us get better at presenting what we do. whalesalad|1 year ago What about my message is hostile? Serious question. I know I’m being critical but I’m not trying to be hostile.Have you ever been to an investor meeting? That is a true hostile environment. Consider this the dry run. dang|1 year ago Leading with "I'm actually shocked YC invested in this product" in response to a startup launch strikes me as hostile. For example.People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... load replies (1) apeytavin|1 year ago In my experience investors are actually too nice and don't tell you what they think.I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss
apeytavin|1 year ago Haha thank you. But really, his message was full of very concrete remarks that help us get better at presenting what we do.
whalesalad|1 year ago What about my message is hostile? Serious question. I know I’m being critical but I’m not trying to be hostile.Have you ever been to an investor meeting? That is a true hostile environment. Consider this the dry run. dang|1 year ago Leading with "I'm actually shocked YC invested in this product" in response to a startup launch strikes me as hostile. For example.People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... load replies (1) apeytavin|1 year ago In my experience investors are actually too nice and don't tell you what they think.I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss
dang|1 year ago Leading with "I'm actually shocked YC invested in this product" in response to a startup launch strikes me as hostile. For example.People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... load replies (1)
apeytavin|1 year ago In my experience investors are actually too nice and don't tell you what they think.I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss
apeytavin|1 year ago
whalesalad|1 year ago
Have you ever been to an investor meeting? That is a true hostile environment. Consider this the dry run.
dang|1 year ago
People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
apeytavin|1 year ago
I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss