Entrepreneurialitis…do you suffer from this

Entrepreneurialitis- the acute or chronic stupidity induced by the stress of entrepreneurial activity.

This is a presentation I came across on slideshare (originally delivered by Stowe Boyd at Reboot9) and thought I’ll share with fellow entrepreneurs here. It talks about the logical fallacies that afflict the thinking of tech (web) entrepreneurs. As I read this, it struck a chord somewhere within and I could relate to some of the points mentioned.

So if you are a tech entrepreneur, take a deep breath and read through the slides. It might help you in thinking straight.

Here are the presentation’s transcripts:

- We don’t need to do the right thing, since we can do the wrong thing really well.
- Building successful applications is hard, but it’s easy if you just…[blank].
- We don’t need to do the right thing, since we can do the wrong thing really fast.
- Yes, that feature is important: we’ll put it into a later release.
- We don’t need to test the business model: it’s obvious!
- We don’t need to bring in experts: we don’t have time to assimilate that many viewpoints, anyway.
- Yes, getting the right design is critical, but these designers cost too much.
- Our biggest strength is our ability to change our plan.
- Our biggest strength is our ability to stick to our plan.
- Managers will continue to use techniques that don’t work instead of ones that work that they don’t understand.
- I know what to do: God told me.

My question to other entrepreneurs- did this appeal to you?