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by cvaidya1986 3121 days ago
Hello. Startups are counterintuitive. Success depends on being unpopular but right. The outgoing types conform. The introverts tend to think from first principles and are less prone to herd mentality. Ipso facto, your son has a higher chance of success than many of the ‘popular’ folk. Because he will be unpopular but right more often than them. The beekeeping blog is great ! Please convey my best wishes and the reasoning why he will be successful if possible. Also please let him read Zero to One.
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Agreed. Though he may need a partner in one of those “popular” people to handle the sales and networking side of things.