Patel says you can reach out to anyone on the Internet and most say yes, but few people try.
“you can talk to anyone on the Internet, and you can just reach out to anyone. Yeah. And most people just say yes, but no one does it.”
Patel says most people will respond to outreach but almost nobody tries.
“One of things I learned early on is you can talk to anyone on the Internet. You can just reach out to anyone, and most people just say yes, but no one does it.”
Patel says good AI and software founders secretly think their users are retards despite YC's talk-to-users mantra
“YC mantra is "talk to your users" Yet every good AI or software founder I know secretly thinks their users are retards”
Patel criticizes product requiring six unintuitive clicks for document signing, calling for one-click employer experience
“@tomerlondon When there’s a document that needs to be signed for a state regulator or anything else, why does it take 6 unintuitive clicks to get to the area where you read and sign. Im a retard user, make it a 1 click for employers.”
Patel disagrees VCs suit hedge funds, except some late-stage growth equity people
“@SimoneSyed absolutely not. some late stage growth equity folk sure, but venture, nah.”
Patel proposes capping finance people at Hot Chips due to too many investors
“I propose there should be a cap on finance people at HotChips Too many damn investors at my favorite conference now”