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by metalmanac 3325 days ago
> Break the rules. Max out your credit.

Survivorship bias?

That's terrible advice. It worked out in their case and we get to hear their story, what about the people who did this and failed? Don't extrapolate what worked for them into generic advice, to say the least, it's dangerous.

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I'd probably roll this advice back to the more general case of "don't be afraid to spend money to acquire the first users". The PlanGrid team may have done this by maxing out credit, but that's just one (and possibly the most risky) way to do this.