It’s amazing how many people will orbit around startups as advisors or something like that in an attempt to give off the scent of startup person in order to accrue status

The ultimate irony is that precisely 0 startups make it where the founder(s) doesn’t look extremely silly and low status during the founding era

Oh yeah David Perell wrote about this too, the dangers of chasing prestige 

I think practically speaking the “next big thing” has to by definition be small and weird to start, or else it becomes tautological

Oh yeah David Perell wrote about this too, the dangers of chasing prestige 

I think practically speaking the “next big thing” has to by definition be small and weird to start, or else it becomes tautological

https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1687414780494008320?s=46