So sub/sup is offered in the Mac version, and on the web, but NOT on the Windows client. Isn't that crazy!! It's like they're trolling given the CMS can clearly deal with the idea of sub/sup
I disagree that another person's full-time commitment is the greatest validation your idea can have.
Sure, it's one data point. It's one validation. But both of you may be "delusional" in the sense of thinking you have a valuable idea when you really don't (yet). Generally speaking. This happens a lot when things change, and startups pivot, but the team remains the same.
I was curious why your post didn't include anything about reaching out to users, user testing, doing customer development, etc. I would say THAT is your starting point to see if your idea is validated for product/launch fit, and then go for product/market fit.
The greatest validation is product/market fit. You have growing number of users, traction, money flowing in... and so forth. that is the greatest validation.
You can sell yourself and your vision pretty well to someone else to become your cofounder, but I am not convinced it's the "greatest validation" your idea can have. Especially since your "idea" most likely will go through iterations and change.
I do agree, though, that having a cofounder really helps. But not for the reasons you said.
I think it was an interesting take on the marshmallow test, but these principles don't solely apply to Silicon Valley.
Incentives power everything -- good and bad. Looking at the financial crisis of 2009, rent seekers taking advantage of Medicaid, etc. You could come up with a million examples.
Particularly bad.. incentivisation schemes create proxies for success and inevitably get gamed. Why bother with all the hard stuff when you can shortcut your way to success?
Good incentives are life really.. look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs. I believe most people work because they have to, but most people who work hard, work hard because they want to. The pay off is growth, progress, self-actualisation.
As an aside, this is why I question the whole gamification thing. The best games life-ify the game. Why would you want to remove meaning and complexity from work?
