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No you are not an entrepreneur

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I think the author basically just copied replies from a thread on /r/startups yesterday.

What gave it away were:

Article: >Your startup name doesn’t end with an ‘ly’ or ‘fy’. Startups need a .io, .co, domain to flourish in modern era…

Reddit: >Most startups today have a name that ends with 'fy' or 'ly'. >>Don't forget 'io'

Article: >You don’t carry your brand well enough. Where is your underwear with your logo on it?

Reddit: >I'm no less committed because I won't wear the promotional socks

Full thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/553k6c/what_are_t...

Thanks for the link. That thread was the major reason I wrote the article.

At the same time, the thread applies more to a global context. This article is more related to the Indian startup ecosystem.

Author states it's satirical, but not obvious.

> If you still don’t understand, Noob… This post was a satire on how entrepreneurs are generalised

Don't explain jokes :/

I was enjoying it too.

> So, I am standing here. Telling you… on your face. Dude! You are NOT an entrepreneur.

Stopped reading here. More people need to re-read their blog posts before publishing them. Editing is important.

Without, the message gets lost because there's no proof that the post is worth slogging through.

Thank you for clicking on the link. What can be a better way to write it?

> So, I am standing here. Telling you… to your face. Dude! You are NOT an entrepreneur.

Ah! Thanks and sorry for that. English is not my first language. :)

This might work for Indian people but I feel like if you are targeting US people you shouldn't use IIT as an "entrepreneur" school, use Harvard, MIT or Stanford.

We do have ITT (Tech) but they are basically the laughing stock of... everyone.

ITT Tech was shut down earlier this month:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2016/09/07/educat...

Should be pointed out that IIT != ITT.

The author presumably refers to the Indian Institutes of Technology

I did not try to target US as such. Zomato is a home grown startup, IITs are the top schools. And most of the points in the article apply more closely to India than any other place... but I think a lot of things are same all over the globe... :)

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