I really really want to agree with the poster, but I have to say that I can't.<p>- Blind introductions feel like poor etiquette in any industry. Not doing the legwork of making sure that it will be a decent fit before doing the intro, puts the person you're asking in the uncomfortable situation of turning down the person you've introduced or wasting their time on a meeting that they know will be pointless. It makes you feel good, because it looks like you're helping, but I feel its a bit lazy.<p>- startups are an industry onto themselves, if we're using the word "startup" properly. A startup isn't just a fledgling business, its a fledgling business that is positioning for extra-ordinary growth at some point in the near future. If you take money to build a "startup" and only manage to build a sustainable business (steady 30% growth for example), you'll probably wind up "failing" because your investors wanted 5/10 times their investment back in a shorter period of time than you can manage.<p>- "wantrapreneurs" are real. I've run into them. They either have money burning a hole in their pocket and want to do a startup without knowing the first thing about it and without the humility to admit it or ask for help, or worse, they have an "idea" and no money and the arrogance to believe that just that will be enough.<p>I do think its a good article to reflect upon regardless, because the truth is that in the startup space, there is a tendency to be really full of ourselves to an obnoxious degree
I object to his suggestion you should always take blind intros for coffee, and it's not because i'm full of myself, it's because I'm pragmatic.