Parents: This is What Your Founder of A Son Does
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I could have, not I could of.
My parents would cry if they saw me write like that.
The rest of the article is also littered with omitted words and little mistakes. It makes it really hard for me to even begin to consider forwarding that to my parents, no matter how good or bad the points may be. Get the final line right at least:
I know Parents, that doesn’t really help. Just people I’m a web designer.
-> I know, Parents, that doesn't really help. Just tell people I'm a web designer.
Why? Reading heavily from age 5 to 18, means I have a built-in spelling and grammar checker.
I grew up when there was no Internet or mobile phones at school going age though, doubt this is easy to get kids do these days.
On the other hand, in IMs, text, or IRC, I write in all lowercase, don't care about typos or grammar, and it's very fast and loose.
OP needs to learn how to tailor their content.
I'm almost totally certain it comes from "could've", and people mimicking the language as they've heard it rather than learning it. Though I have no idea what the source of "try and" could have been.
Sloppy writing suggests that the author respects neither the ideas he wishes to communicate nor the audience that has to read him.
I really feel like there's a transactional element to communication. If you want your audience, you have to give them the very best that's possible (for you). Anything less and you're wasting their time. I hold very few things sacred, but that truth is one of them.
Edit: it's probably worth pointing out why founders should care about basic grammar: not knowing it is bad for business. It makes you seem what Russians call bezgramotny (our closest word is "illiterate" but a better translation in this case might be "grammarless"). This makes it harder to impress successful people.
Was this intentional? Or did you just skip over his post entirely because it was "too harsh"
> Them: Like what – Google?
> Me: No. For example, one tool I built sends people reminders.
What specific distinction is the author making with "No"? http://www.googletutor.com/screencast-how-to-setup-sms-alert...
They don't work for Google? That their web-app isn't a search engine? So the post doesn't apply to epi0Bauqu (DDG)? That a search engine isn't a web-app?
I'd go with "Yes, but..."
I'm running a business. I'm not special, a new breed of business man, and I don't need a special startup-glorifying vocabulary for what I do. I'm just another person running a small business -- something people have always done, and it's something that parents (and everyone else) understands.
A neighbor recently started a coffee shop. She puts in long hours, manages the books, orders food, directed the installation of the sound system and kitchen, manages the kitchen staff, makes and serves coffee, and works the cash register.
Nobody is calling her a "founder". She's just a small business owner. She had to raise capital, her business could expand into a large chain, she could (but isn't likely to) become the next Starbucks, or even get bought out by Starbucks. She could also fail miserably. Is it really all that different from what we do?
Just a thought. Maybe you could show your parents how to demonstrate what task.fm does and how people use it. Could be as simple as giving them a canned 1 min video to play for people who ask.
Unless they truly understand "startups and/or webapps" they have no clue what we do with our days (and nights, weekends..)