[rank0]

Ask questions!

I’ve got a bunch of friends in the same boat…Poorly thought out plans become pretty evident with simple questions like “what’s your plan?” Or “do you know how to build that product?”

But idk the other day I had a conversation like this:

Friend: “In a couple years I’ll be making over $1M/yr!”

Me: “How are you gonna do that?”

Friend: “I’ll just make more sales. Why can’t I?”

Some people are just delusional and I change the topic.

[hitsurume]

This is the exact conversation I had with my friend, just not the same numbers haha. To be fair to your friend and mine, I don't think its impossible for them for their outcome to come true. Whether its delusions or not, there is a belief they have that its possible what they're thinking can come true. So what kind of "support" is best here? We can be dismissive, and I don't think they'd feel good about that. We can be rational and debative, but that doesn't feel good to be "attacked" in some ways. But at the same time agreeing and staying silent also doesn't feel genuine to myself.

[ghoshbishakh]

I hope I make $1M/yr of sales (not profit) in a year. But even if I don't, in 5 years may be I can overtake your revenue by a large margin?

If the question is about a start ups, then no job can make the same money as a decent business isn't it?

Therefore instead of asking such questions I think one can discuss about the safety net. The question in that direction would be "How bad might it get if everything about this venture fails? Do you have a plan to recover from that?"