I am glad that these two guys truly believed in their ideas and where not discouraged by your lack buy-in to their vision.
I am often reminded of the 2001 me. When I was new developer building java web applications and full of vigor with no real responsibilities or expenses.
I was dead set on this idea to build a site where people could post links, pictures, text or whatever and it would be voted and categorically managed by the user community.
I shopped the idea and prototype around to people in my limited network and it was unanimous that no one would ever want to invest time into this concept. Discouraged, I scrapped the idea and accepted a position as the first non-partner employee at a consulting start-up that quickly imploded.
Years later reddit moves to the forefront of the internet with striking resemblance to my original plan.
My fault because I did not stick to my guns. The idea that my application could have been half as popular as reddit is unlikely but it taught me a lesson, sometimes you've got to trust your gut, even if the people you trust cannot see your vision.
I am often reminded of the 2001 me. When I was new developer building java web applications and full of vigor with no real responsibilities or expenses.
I was dead set on this idea to build a site where people could post links, pictures, text or whatever and it would be voted and categorically managed by the user community.
I shopped the idea and prototype around to people in my limited network and it was unanimous that no one would ever want to invest time into this concept. Discouraged, I scrapped the idea and accepted a position as the first non-partner employee at a consulting start-up that quickly imploded.
Years later reddit moves to the forefront of the internet with striking resemblance to my original plan.
My fault because I did not stick to my guns. The idea that my application could have been half as popular as reddit is unlikely but it taught me a lesson, sometimes you've got to trust your gut, even if the people you trust cannot see your vision.