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Smart People Make Dumb Decisions
This article entails several "smart people" (and rich) who declined investment opportunities in AirBNB when it was a young company. A mere $150K would have been able to grab 10%. AirBNB is probably a $25 Billion dollar company now.
https://medium.com/@bchesky/7-rejections-7d894cbaa084
The point is, just because some seemingly smart people reject something doesn't mean you should give up and say "oh well", better give up and sell some TeeSpring shirts instead. Of course that also applies here to the opinions we give out... they are in fact, opinions based on a personal experience. Just because Fastlane User X says "That ain't FASTLANE!!!" doesn't mean it's time to give up and update your resume.
Smart people make dumb decisions.
This article entails several "smart people" (and rich) who declined investment opportunities in AirBNB when it was a young company. A mere $150K would have been able to grab 10%. AirBNB is probably a $25 Billion dollar company now.
https://medium.com/@bchesky/7-rejections-7d894cbaa084
In June 26, 2008, our friend Michael Seibel introduced us to 7 prominent investors in Silicon Valley. We were attempting to raise $150,000 at a $1.5M valuation. That means for $150,000 you could have bought 10% of Airbnb. Below you will see 5 rejections. The other 2 did not reply.
The point is, just because some seemingly smart people reject something doesn't mean you should give up and say "oh well", better give up and sell some TeeSpring shirts instead. Of course that also applies here to the opinions we give out... they are in fact, opinions based on a personal experience. Just because Fastlane User X says "That ain't FASTLANE!!!" doesn't mean it's time to give up and update your resume.
Smart people make dumb decisions.
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