Joining Jason’s Jihad – Why Startups Shouldn’t Have To Pay To Pitch Angel Investors
This is a repost from Jason Calacanis’ mailing list. While this kind of confrontation is certainly not my style, I strongly agree with the principle. I’m glad there are people out there like Jason that don’t care how dirty their hands get. Whatever you think of Jason, he is a friend to entrepreneurs. [reposted in its entirety below, slightly reformatted] [ disclaimer: written with boiling blood ] When confronted with an abuse of power, an injustice or a scam I’ve developed a really effective technique: I blog, tweet and whine about it passionately for as long as possible. Basically, I do this until people get sick of me (some of you reading this have at various times told me this–I’m sorry!). I’ve learned over the years that this process is wildly effective in the long-term and has the added bonus of being great therapy. It’s a way for me to relieve the dissonance associated with the injustice, perceived or real, that I see. So, I fight. You see, where I grew up, you said what you felt
This is a repost from Jason Calacanis’ mailing list. While this kind of confrontation is certainly not my style, I strongly agree with the principle. I’m glad there are people out there like Jason that don’t care how dirty their hands get. Whatever you think of Jason, he is a friend to entrepreneurs. [reposted in its entirety below, slightly reformatted] [ disclaimer: written with boiling blood ] Background/Disclaimer When confronted with an abuse of power, an injustice or a scam I’ve developed a really effective technique: I blog, tweet and whine about it passionately
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