Humor, weeds, alpha-males and post-parties – ain’t no party like a Larry Chiang party. Holler.

Why would I want to be a tech founder?

Many reasons, but among them chiefly: to avoid, escape and roar past everything that in order to function depends on “gangs”, secret codes, circles, schmoozing, “rooms” to be “worked” etc. Founders are people with brains. If they needed, wanted or preferred this kind of stuff, they would take their brain and work in finance, politics or consulting, where there’s enough idiots around for those games. Only exception: tech bubbles where gold diggers and VCs dominate the scene, rather than rock-solid growth-and-value-creating (rather than mega-hyped) technology (rather than web designs).

“You really think the Manageing Partner of PWC wants to sit through another drab board-room meeting about why your company’s CRM will revolutionise his office? f*ck no – he wants to slurp grange till 2:00am with a supplier / client who sprouts a bit of personality….”

Where’s the personality in this? Sounds like the next thing we’d do is hang out at a strip club. Not my taste and I won’t do business with such a glorified Joe Trucker in-a-suit. What do I need someone without brains for?

There is always a better strategy than schmoozing: Be one whom people want to schmooze, then work with those who don’t do it.

woop-woop! the internal alarm bells are ringing.

I think a few people totally missed the point here – he probably was drunk when he posted this. All the more reason he’d be a top bloke to do business with… the whole ‘vacation’ thing.

You really think the Manageing Partner of PWC wants to sit through another drab board-room meeting about why your company’s CRM will revolutionise his office? f*ck no – he wants to slurp grange till 2:00am with a supplier / client who sprouts a bit of personality….

To him go the spoils.

I’m glad to see no one one else understood this jibberish.

1 star.

Please don’t let him post again.