You can give negative points? lol, I require that button ;)

PS. Good luck peoples

Yes, you need 100+ karma I believe before you can.

Thanks for the example ;)

You have my attention. How did that single founder attempt go for you?

Still in progress, I found a co-founder--it's going well. There are more followers than leaders, be the leader and start now rather than waste time.

People are more likely to feel like they are missing out when you're willing to do it with or without them. You have to sell yourself a bit not just the idea to instill a certain confidence in others.

Also seems this post is in direct response to a question he received at his Q/A. A link to the blog post about his talk was posted by another user just recently (can't seem to find the user atm), http://www.rubyrailways.com/dhh-fuck-the-real-world/

Not sure how I feel about the "Nice guys finish last" bullet, but it was very interesting to read about all his success at a young age.

Edit: He gets very repetitive and sounds quite out of touch as you read. Regardless, I still enjoyed reading about the drive he had when he was young. Must have been hard to teach a student who makes more than you do ;)

Voltaire says that behind every fortune, there is a crime.

But I believe the opposite.

Assholes get very far, but rarely do they make it to the top. All the top people I know are actually great people.

I feel the same way about the "Nice guys finish last" point. Surely there must be some counterexamples of nice guys who have achieved great business success?

Almost as good as 1234567890 day! :)

This is a pretty famous talk, it was also given when I attended CIKM '08. He is a really interesting speaker.

Plus his book is a great read for all startups: Four Steps to the Epiphany. If you don't own it, you should check it out:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=four+steps+to+the+e...