[HN Gopher] How to Angel Invest, Part 2
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How to Angel Invest, Part 2
Author : jger15
Score : 41 points
Date : 2020-06-13 10:52 UTC (12 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (nav.al)
| CerealFounder wrote:
| This dude is the absolute worst. His brand is taking the
| platitudes of a "wellness influencer" and applying it to tech and
| investing. He uses logic/rhetorical fallacies to say things that
| sounds smart/deep that dont say anything. He also, anoints
| himself at every turn.
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| He's a walking manifestation of the reputation tech has built as
| being elitist and out of touch.
| dang wrote:
| Please don't do generic tangents or personal attacks on HN.
| Those are two of the worst influences on an internet forum.
|
| If you don't like this article, there are lots of others to
| read here.
| AbrahamParangi wrote:
| I don't understand why you would want to bring this attitude of
| tearing people down into a community centered on building
| things up.
| emsy wrote:
| I agree. I found Naval to offer little to none actionable tips
| and his idea of meritocracy is just out of touch with reality.
| cryptozeus wrote:
| I get your opinion but don't get how to conclude that he is
| absolutely worst ? He can choose to be whatever, he is
| obviously successful and spreading his beliefs makes him true
| to how he lives his life.
| duk wrote:
| You nailed it. I am still trying to figure out what his take is
| on Covid-19. He doesn't seem to offer any concrete
| solution/opinion to anything really.
| alain94040 wrote:
| Great advice from Naval and Nivi. If you ever considered angel
| investing, they cover many of the pitfalls. Invest wisely.
| jackcosgrove wrote:
| > If you have poor judgment, you won't know it.
|
| I'm pretty sure I have bad judgment of the sort that would make
| me a bad angel investor.
|
| I'm too trusting of people and too motivated to invest in things
| I would find technically interesting rather than those that could
| be viable businesses.
| amrrs wrote:
| Naval's Twitter feed is like a Deep Neural Network based Quote
| generator. I guess his thread of How to become rich trended
| everywhere but I'm not sure how many really got anything
| practically applied with those things. He very much reminds
| Silicon Valley (HBO) to me. Is it how usually VCs talk or it's
| just an image of an Angel Investing Monk that he's building?
|
| It's a genuine question I've got (Someone who lives far away from
| the Bay area)
| mmastrac wrote:
| If you say as little as possible people will reflect their own
| beliefs in the words and you just can't be wrong.
| riantogo wrote:
| People have made millions using just this little fact right
| here. Pose as an expert and say most generic BS and let
| people do the mental gymnastics to have it match their world
| view.
|
| A starter pack would include gems like, "any person who have
| wanted something bad enough has gotten it", "never let anyone
| tell you your dreams are just that", "success is right after
| the point when you give up", "only if you knew you were
| destined for tres comas club" etc.
|
| Please join my course on life-coaching if you are interested
| in this field.
| npiit wrote:
| Getting rich is never about luck, especially when you get
| rich by luck.
| fidelramos wrote:
| I think this is an unfair representation of Naval. If you only
| look at Twitter of course you will only find short messages,
| that's precisely what Twitter is about!
|
| Listen to this interview to Naval if you want a long format:
| https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/naval-ravikant/
| [deleted]
| npiit wrote:
| Just chase founders with big Twitter follows && chasing top angel
| investors.
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