atucker comments on Good resource for marketing research? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: atucker 20 August 2011 01:08:19AM 0 points [-]

I think the ignorance depends on the target audience of the quote.

For normal people, its actually a fairly large insight. Starting a business isn't impossible, you just need to get paid to do something.

For entrepreneurs who already know that starting a business is possible, its pretty useless. Of course you're trying to get paid, the question is how.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 20 August 2011 01:40:05AM 2 points [-]

Right, and playing professional basketball isn't impossible; you just need to throw a ball through a hoop.