I was very dismissive of this at first, but kept skim/reading. I wanted to know what he (oh its a she!) did. I still don't know. Some sort of business coach I guess. I wanted to know who this god-like mogul is - I still don't know and I think I am past caring.
But that became the point of the post - she did not handle the meeting well - she did not have a clear proposition, she did not articulate it in terms of what the customer pain was and she found herself out of her depth.
But she kept swimming, and I started to fall for her by the end. And something interesting happened, I started to realise that his post, hardly HN standard material, is really what we should be looking at. Patio11 just emailed me about some pester-by-email course, and I am dismissive of that too. But I suspect that just like a young therapist coach with some chutzpah putting herself in unfamiliar situations, there will be something to learn from patio11 course - something about being willing to sell, willing to ask for the money, that geeks have beaten out of them young.
And it's something I need to relearn. And this article and patio11 teach me more than any discussion on go v rust on turning a competant developer into a profitable competant developer
I am a she indeed, and I'm glad that it ended up feeling beneficial. Thanks for your thoughts :)
You're right about what I "do": I have a private mental health practice and I do small business consulting. I'll try to make that clear earlier on next time.
In regards to the mogul, I can give you a huge hint: he sold a very large health and beauty line that is headquartered in Minneapolis. There are salons and training schools all over the Midwest, and the product line is nationally loved. I left his name out to avoid drawing attention from those much more powerful than I. After all, I am just some young, chutzpah-possessing entrepreneur ;)
But that became the point of the post - she did not handle the meeting well - she did not have a clear proposition, she did not articulate it in terms of what the customer pain was and she found herself out of her depth.
But she kept swimming, and I started to fall for her by the end. And something interesting happened, I started to realise that his post, hardly HN standard material, is really what we should be looking at. Patio11 just emailed me about some pester-by-email course, and I am dismissive of that too. But I suspect that just like a young therapist coach with some chutzpah putting herself in unfamiliar situations, there will be something to learn from patio11 course - something about being willing to sell, willing to ask for the money, that geeks have beaten out of them young.
And it's something I need to relearn. And this article and patio11 teach me more than any discussion on go v rust on turning a competant developer into a profitable competant developer