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All that is wrong with the startup culture today

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So, startup culture is akin to hipsters? Overley grandiose idealisms, It makes sense. Then again, it isn't bad that people are dreaming, but there needs to be substance to their claims other than just "my [insert app] is going to change the world because of [xyz reason]."

I think that is what is trying to be said, but...

There seems to be too much passion in this article to have it be clearly thought out.

I believe that, yes there might be a little more peacocking than is necessary, but discounting the crazy ambitious dreams is asking for nothign to happen. If anything, it is wonderful that the spirit of entrepreneurship is being given the spotlight to help inspire everyone else to start something, even if it is a little less ambitious.

My issue is not with the fact that the 'spirit of entrepreneurship' is being given spotlight. It is with the fact that the wrong kind of entrepreneurship is given spotlight.

There are hundreds of thousands of highly profitable businesses on the internet. Yet, you never hear of them. The startup industry is being treated like the glamour industry: style over substance. The startup media itself acts like a celebrity rag. We need to promote entrepreneurship, but the kind which is sustainable and profitable.

Very true. To me this glamour industry is a self fulfiling bubble, just like fashion, in that they are their own ritics, and they give themselves an "A" every time. I was just trying to point out that although what we are seeing might not be what entrepreneurship is really about, it is still good none the less. Any media attention is good as long as you know how to redirect it in your favor.

It's like those Apple commercials from the start of the Olympics. They were horrible, but people were talking about them longer than they were on, which just keeps Apple in everyone's minds.

Crappy commercial = good media attention. Over the top ambitious startup = good media attention.

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