>> If you can sell turds to financial elites you're at the top of your game.

My Dad worked for several silicon valley startups in the 60's and 70's and his advice always stuck with me. When I got caught up in the first dot com craze in the late 90's early aughts, he always told me about his experience then and told me: "Listen son, if it sounds like blue skies and bullshit, then it probably is."

It helped me steer clear a few disastrous startups right after graduating from college.