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		pg on Feb 22, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we made this site I hope we can tell the difference between people who are smart and those who are merely articulate. (We all have a lot of experience dealing with hackers, after all.)

jadams on Feb 22, 2007 [–]

I think the problem is that there are a lot of very smart people who are good at talking and generating ideas, but not so good at implementation.

If they're not regularly "going dark", they may not have the focus to succeed at a startup.

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