First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you lose
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I've just read an interesting article by M.G. Siegler entitled - "What you’re working on sucks, just give up now, they said." It can be summed up thus: Commentators said our startup wouldn't work. Our startup did, in fact, suceed. ∴ All commentators are wrong about whether startups will work. This exhibits one of my favourite logical fallacies - survivorship bias. If you only look at the win…
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