Silicon Valley's Hottest New Startup Idea: Nothing.
"Silicon Valley's Hottest New Start-Up Idea: Nothing" http://onforb.es/JBO0hV via @forbes
Source: Tweet by @DanielleAbes
Ok, this is sad:
Do you have a can’t-miss idea for a start-up that could be the next Facebook, Pinterest or Draw Something? Great. Write it down on a piece of paper. Now burn that piece of paper. Congratulations. You’re halfway to your first billion.
I wish Forbes was joking about this.
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Maybe if people would just tattoo PETS.COM across their chest they won't be as inclined to forget about the dot com crash of 2000...
I was in Silicon Valley in 2000. Most people who are here now were not here then.
In that case, please spread the word. :)
If this takes hold, it's going to be hard living in the Valley the next couple of years :)
It's going to be hard. Mentally prepare yourself.
Several months later I still declare:
It's so much harder to get investors to invest in something, instead of investing in nothing.
NOT GOOD.
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Why?
Because that encourages entrepreneurs to do nothing instead of something.
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Ironically, the two most successful YC companies never changed their idea nor founding team.