They're not just pretending to dislike the idea in order to find a legitimate-sounding excuse for rejecting you. How hot a deal you are and how much they like your personality really does affect their opinion of the idea.
The same investor will react differently to the same idea based on how hot a deal you are and how much they like your personality. If you're not a hot deal and they don't like you, they'll look for reasons to hate the idea.
Users react to Paul Graham's advice on separating founder personality from idea judgment, with some expressing approval of the guidance while others strongly dismiss investor interference in personal matters.
I'm not saying investors are wrong to care about your personality and how hot a deal you are. The former has a huge effect on the outcome and even the latter has some signal in it. Their mistake is to let these factors leak into their judgment of the idea.
This is one reason among many that you shouldn't take investors' opinions about your idea to heart. You shouldn't automatically ignore such opinions either. They might be right. But treat them the way you'd treat a fortune cookie.
This is one reason among many that you shouldn't take investors' opinions about your idea to heart. You shouldn't automatically ignore such opinions either. They might be right. But treat them the way you'd treat a fortune cookie.
@paulg I tend to eat the cookie and toss the fortune...
@paulg investors are just people with spreadsheets and feelings, same as everyone else
@paulg So you’re saying I’m right. Cool. Thanks
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They're not just pretending to dislike the idea in order to find a legitimate-sounding excuse for rejecting you. How hot a deal you are and how much they like your personality really does affect their opinion of the idea.
The same investor will react differently to the same idea based on how hot a deal you are and how much they like your personality. If you're not a hot deal and they don't like you, they'll look for reasons to hate the idea.