보스턴 VC업계의 숨은 거인 Lee Hower라는 분의 블로그 포스팅이 감동 잔잔하게 다가옵니다. 요즘 할리우드 스타일로 표현되는 스타트업계 때문에 스타트업의 진정한 챌린지들이 희미해지고,,, 창업자들조차도 자기 말고 남들은 다 대박내고(crushing or killing it) 있다고 착각해 커뮤니케이션도 긍정 일관이 되는 위험이 있다고 합니다. 요즘 스타트업계에 거품이 끼어 있다는 제 감각을 확인시켜준 글입니다. Lee Hower라는 분이 평소에 말을 아끼고 있다가 이렇게 따끔한 글을 한방 쓰니 보스턴 이노베이션 업계가 (아래 대담처럼) 고개를 끄덕끄덕이는 자성의 순간을 갖고 있습니다. (추신: 실리콘밸리와 보스턴의 분위기가 결정적으로 다른 부분이 바로 이것일 겁니다. 팝아트와 사이언스인데요... 보스턴은 너무 학구적이란 비아냥을 듣지만 그만큼 조심스럽고, 거품끼는 행태를 싫어합니다. 여기선 _서부 드레스코드인_ 주커버그처럼 입는 사람보단 아직은 비즈니스 캐주얼을 많이 입어요 ㅋㅋㅋ) 어쨌든 꼭 한번 씩 읽어보시고 음미하시길 강추합니다. Greg: Lee Hower penned a great piece about how the overblown perception of startups crushing it, is detrimental to the community and could end up killing new startups. He writes, I’ve met plenty of entrepreneurs who, surrounded by this hype, find it hard to manage when their own startup hits challenges, which are inevitable in any startup (even successful ones like PayPal). If you perceive everyone to be “killing it,” then it’s nearly impossible to speak up as the “only” person that isn’t. I completely agree with Hower and his insights on how to deal with tough times are a must read. At any given networking event, 99% of startups that I talk to say that they are crushing it. However, none of them really are. The very few startups - the one percent - that Ive talked who are actually crushing it, have told me how much of a grind the company is right now, and how theyre deep in the trenches and are digging their way out. That is the definition of crushing it. Chase: It is zero fun when Gomer and I agree, but he is right, this piece is on the money. Lee Hower has been one of the more insightful guys in Boston for quite some time though he doesnt make a ton of noise and Im glad he made this point. Naturally, entrepreneurs need to be optimistic in the face of adversity, but regretfully many entrepreneurs mistake blind optimism - particularly with investors, the press and even employees - as strength which overlooks how to develop real credibility with different key constituencies. There is no one size fits all face that an entrepreneur should put on during good times or bad, but killing it is a term that will make people go numb.
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