Naval Ravikant: Eventually startups will be everywhere

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated. The reason is because I think that management’s ability to predict what to work on or what’s going to be useful is actually very low.

(Not that I ever think AngelList will be so broad as to displace LinkedIn in other markets. But in terms of tech, it's clearly headed in that direction.)

I wonder if this is LinkedIn's future: being disrupted one industry at a time by smaller, more curated communities like AngelList.

There's another side to the technology and how it applies to opportunities and business in general: If the businesses and people you seek to help/be your customers don't recognize it despite the problems they face and how your solution can solve it, then you are going to be too early. One of my family members has a small business and completely castes aside the notion that automating things and having software for things like taking orders, tracking specific sales, and how much money is lost due to throwing away perishables at the end of the day for items can make their job easier and their business more efficient. There's a big disconnect because of it.