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Eric Barker advises asking the titular question as a way of assessing whether or not a company is in a state of denial: http://bit.ly/15RCfuP Yet denial isn’t the only reason I can think of for why post-meeting conversations might be more honest than the ones in the meeting. Here are a few other reasons I … Continue reading “Are the conversations after a meeting a lot more honest than the ones in a meeting?”
In response to my blog post on Cutting The Bullshit, the good folks at Storygami pointed me to a blog post they had written about their approach to applying for TechStars: http://bit.ly/11ezW2x The Storygami team addresses the probable objections head-on, including one objection that is typically a deal-killer: Two Of Our Founders Are A Couple … Continue reading Address objections, don’t hide from them
The world seems to be full of bullshit. Everyone has an agenda, and is spinning away like a whirling dervish. In politics, pundits and strategists try to help candidates win the news cycle. In the news, every story–like an anchor’s hair–is teased to within an inch of its life to keep viewers tuned in. On … Continue reading Cutting the Bullshit