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Silicon Valley's Hottest New Startup Idea: Nothing.

DanielleAbes
"Silicon Valley's Hottest New Start-Up Idea: Nothing" http://onforb.es/JBO0hV via @forbes
7:23 PM Apr 26 2012

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.

8:08 PM Apr 26 2012

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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...

8:54 PM Apr 27 2012

I was in Silicon Valley in 2000. Most people who are here now were not here then.

10:40 PM Apr 28 2012

In that case, please spread the word. :)

10:53 PM Apr 29 2012

If this takes hold, it's going to be hard living in the Valley the next couple of years :)

8:30 AM Apr 28 2012

It's going to be hard. Mentally prepare yourself.

10:41 PM Apr 28 2012

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.

2:41 PM Aug 31 2012

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Because that encourages entrepreneurs to do nothing instead of something.

5:49 PM Oct 02 2012

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Ironically, the two most successful YC companies never changed their idea nor founding team.

7:50 PM Oct 02 2012

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