[tferris]

> Silicon Valley is filled with rich startup guys who can't get a date.

You didn't get the point, it's not about being rich. It's about having a life and having achieved something, you don't need to be necessarily rich, you need self-confidence to approach women. You can train self-confidence and fake it until you make it with tons of PUA books and resources BUT building self-confidence by starting something is much easier and more effective.

[beaner]

I disagree. I have had success in tech twice. Trying to talk about it usually bores my dates. I could talk about it all day with someone who was interested, but for some strange reason the topics of web development and working from home simply don't tantalize them. It's given me zero boost to confidence in dating.

[tferris]

Very good point and I forgot to write it. You are totally right women usually won't get it when you talk about let's say business related achievements because they are often not interested and don't get it AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT: because you are qualifying in that moment: you send the signal 'hey look, I am doing impressive stuff, I am special, please like me' which makes you again needy and unattractive -- now we are knee deep in PUA stuff -- that's too obvious and women aren't stupid, you have to learn how you transform the energy you got by your achievements into your general self-confidence. Telling that you are an entrepreneur who makes tons of money is the wrong way. You will signal this automatically without telling anything about your startup life. When I peaked in my professional life I told that I am a "grocery bagger" and I converted 100% to the next step while converting 0% when I told the truth.

Then, when closed and in later stages your startup life gets more relevant since it shows that do stuff that matters and it helps transforming an one-night-affair into a relationship.

Guys, if you haven't done this before, now is the time, get PUA stuff and learn this like you'd learn Go or C++.