"they didn't hide behind anonymity" "they made it known who they were" "did NOT hide behind a mask"
"STOP HIDING" "REMOVE YOUR MASKS" "SITTING BEHIND THE DARK WALL OF THE INTERNET"
There are no lines to read between. If by take more risks you mean that they should stop on one hand saying that they have no fear of the government/police or the repercussions of their actions, that they fully believe that what they are doing is good and just, and on the other hiding their identities. Than yes, that's exactly what I mean.
If they are so sure they are right and that this "movement" is supported and needed by the masses, they should come forward and publicly reveal their true identities and locations.
What these guys are doing is cowardly. They continue to push that they are doing it for the greater good, and that they are morally just. They continue to push that they are up there with the great dissenters. MLK, Ghandi, Mandella, they didn't hide behind anonymity. Facing death they made it known who they were and what they stood for.
Instead they wear their masks. V for Vandetta, really? Guy Fawkes did NOT hide behind a mask.
LULZ AND ANON. IF YOU ARE SO SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS GOOD AND JUST, STOP HIDING. REMOVE YOUR MASKS. BE WILLING TO FACE JAIL FOR YOUR ACTIONS. MARTYR YOURSELVES FOR YOUR CAUSE. STOP LETTING OTHER PEOPLE TAKE THE HEAT. STOP SAYING THAT YOU DON'T FEAR THE GOV'T AND AUTHORITY WHILE SITTING BEHIND THE DARK WALL OF THE INTERNET.
It's turning out that they are what we thought they were all along, a bunch of young punks with no guts.
Really. Really? Running a business has nothing to do with...um...running a business? No, no it's not radically different. Only in the minds of those who have no idea what's involved with business, MBA programs, or what the definition of entrepreneur is outside of these articles begging you to buy books, and web services, and promising that if you sit in your mommy's basement long enough putting up $10 web sites you will be a billionaire. Only with people who can't take ideas and education and use them as the springboard for something great, but instead can only get by regurgitating the thoughts of those who have actually been there and taken the time to know WHY things are the way they are and WHY those things have to change and WHAT has to change because of it.
First, there are many many things wrong with Mr. Blank's deck at slideshare. Not the least of which is that only start ups are scalable and agile. That b-plans are static. Maybe in the "old days" when he was cutting his teeth. When education was unobtainable. When companies ran by the rules of companies like GM and Chrysler. I assure you, whatever you know of a company externally, or from some grunt, is not what is going on internally in the C-Suite.
Second, there is such a diluted idea of what entrepreneurship is. As I said, it's not sitting in mommy's basement knocking out crappy, templated websites hoping one hits. To be an entrepreneur you have to have skin in the game. Entrepreneurship's definition includes the word "risk". Registering an $8 domain and putting up an app using the free service level Google App Engine doesn't carry any inherent risk. Putting your house up to grab a loan, hiring staff and remembering that if you fail, these people have no jobs. People with families to feed. Having nothing much to fall back on. This involves RISK. It might be stupid to do, but it can force you to make more calculated decisions.
And finally remember that people like Mr. Blank and the older VC/Startup/Entrepreneur set usually cut their teeth at larger companies, or in the presence of those with degrees in business, accounting, finance. This is mostly where they learned the trade second hand. As many old timers did. This is where they learned how to balance books, the basics of marketing, the rules of finance, that they used to forge paths in their futures.
And as some background to me, I started a company with a friend 17 years ago, grew that company into a multi-million dollar firm with several divisions. I ran one division of the company with around 25 ftes. I ran that place for 12 years before finally going for my MBA, and then moving on to work at a large healthcare organization.
There are no lines to read between. If by take more risks you mean that they should stop on one hand saying that they have no fear of the government/police or the repercussions of their actions, that they fully believe that what they are doing is good and just, and on the other hiding their identities. Than yes, that's exactly what I mean.
If they are so sure they are right and that this "movement" is supported and needed by the masses, they should come forward and publicly reveal their true identities and locations.