[wpietri]

I agree that entrepreneurship is challenging, but I think the tone of this article is bunk.

We should absolutely be brutal and frank in our questioning. That's because the world will be even tougher on their ideas once they start taking action. They need to be ready for that, and they will benefit by thinking things through a bit.

But we should never pour cold water on people's enthusiasm. We should never tell people their idea won't work. We should never butt in to tell them how they should be spending their time.

Enthusiasm is precious, and none of us has a crystal ball. Making mistakes is an important part of life. By all means we should help people avoid dumb mistakes, but only because we want them to be making interesting ones.