Sam Elliott

when i was younger, i was very insecure. i did this kind of thing too. over time you learn that it is critical to be truthful and not misleading about every single thing you do. i had to learn this lesson the hard way, but boy, have i internalized it. UNDERSELL yourself.

never met a founder that wanted to build in the same category as their first startup, almost always like, "man, i fucking hate that market"

Avi Patel says nobody builds real companies in SF anymore "SF is filled with striver people that only care about fundraising and not about building real businesses. All they go out and do is brag about their last valuation and then you look at their company and it's a fucking shitshow. No one knows how to build real shit in SF. I'm dead serious." "It's not what it used to be at all. Anybody that's in SF right now doesn't like it. The people who are building real companies are in Palo Alto. All the ones founding companies in SF are like striver Gen Z idiots who don't know what the fuck they're doing, have never had a girlfriend, never had a real interaction with a human being and don't have any friends."

Avi Patel says nobody builds real companies in SF anymore "SF is filled with striver people that only care about fundraising and not about building real businesses. All they go out and do is brag about their last valuation and then you look at their company and it's a fucking shitshow. No one knows how to build real shit in SF. I'm dead serious." "It's not what it used to be at all. Anybody that's in SF right now doesn't like it. The people who are building real companies are in Palo Alto. All the ones founding companies in SF are like striver Gen Z idiots who don't know what the fuck they're doing, have never had a girlfriend, never had a real interaction with a human being and don't have any friends."