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I was out with a friend & later met up with a bigger group. I got chatting to this guy that had a lot of grandiose ideas for ventures & it sounded like he was on track for great things.
After drilling in a bit more I got suspicious he was a wantreneur; an 'all or nothing' mentality (will destroy the idea if one client doesn't accept it), hopeful wishes to be a millionaire in a year (all events, no process), blaming his clients for not understanding his vision(even though I didn't understand the need).
I thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
We decided to call an early night and he invited the group back to his. The outside looked like a normal student house, I opened the front door.
Oh Christ.
The floor was stained with dirt, the only bits that were "clean" were in the middle, where people had walked. Behind the door was stacks of advertisement leaflets, shoved out the way by the door.
And the kitchen. Every surface was covered; empty beer cans, vodka bottles, crisp packets, plates upon plates, rotting food, dirt, used cigarettes. The bins, completely overflowing, piles of pizza boxes were stuffed into one another.
I won't describe the toilet as I'll be banned from FLF.
I only spent 10 minutes in there until I was too ill to stay. If I'd have seen a crack pipe on the table I wouldn't have been surprised.
I wanted to take a lesson in this, and I think it is to be careful who you believe.
Perhaps this is too obvious, but be sure to properly vet them.
I believed this person was a capable entrepreneur, I found the complete opposite. A loser.
After drilling in a bit more I got suspicious he was a wantreneur; an 'all or nothing' mentality (will destroy the idea if one client doesn't accept it), hopeful wishes to be a millionaire in a year (all events, no process), blaming his clients for not understanding his vision(even though I didn't understand the need).
I thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
We decided to call an early night and he invited the group back to his. The outside looked like a normal student house, I opened the front door.
Oh Christ.
The floor was stained with dirt, the only bits that were "clean" were in the middle, where people had walked. Behind the door was stacks of advertisement leaflets, shoved out the way by the door.
And the kitchen. Every surface was covered; empty beer cans, vodka bottles, crisp packets, plates upon plates, rotting food, dirt, used cigarettes. The bins, completely overflowing, piles of pizza boxes were stuffed into one another.
I won't describe the toilet as I'll be banned from FLF.
I only spent 10 minutes in there until I was too ill to stay. If I'd have seen a crack pipe on the table I wouldn't have been surprised.
I wanted to take a lesson in this, and I think it is to be careful who you believe.
Perhaps this is too obvious, but be sure to properly vet them.
I believed this person was a capable entrepreneur, I found the complete opposite. A loser.
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