It’s human nature to seek out the opinion of others. And soliciting feedback can be extremely valuable in the process of vetting and developing your startup idea. But be careful how you react to everyone’s opinions.
When asking people for their opinion on your new startup idea, you’ll get a variety of answers:
- Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?!?
- Very, very cool. I totally get it.
- Hhhmmm…Seems interesting.
- Say what now?
- Um, that’s stupid.
Hopefully most responses are positive, but no matter how great the idea, you will get some lukewarm and flat out lousy responses as well. And those less-than-stellar opinions can be damaging.
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