“Tell the entrepreneur what you really think (in private) week”: June 19-25
You know an entrepreneur. She(/he) is struggling, working hard to get her company going. She asks you: “So, what do you think?” What do you say?
Yes, of course. You say “It’s great, very promising”. There! You just betrayed your friendship, did the worst possible thing for her, and I thought you were a good friend!
Entrepreneurs live on feedback, thrive on feedback, die for feedback. If they cannot handle feedback, they should give up and go get a job on in a big corp where they can sit in a cubicle preparing TPS reports. Feedback makes them successful. Saying “It’s nice, great, bla bla” makes them fail, doesn’t help them.
Unfortunately people think they are being nice when they hold back their real opinions. But no more. This week is the official “Tell the entrepreneur what you really think (in private) week”. Tell her in private or send an email. Tell her all the things that were going through your mind when she made you sit through that pre-pre-alpha demo.
He will thank you for it. I know I would.
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