This is a motivational article, which is fine.
Some people (depending on their personality and their current state in life) need motivation: 'you can do that'!
Some other people, the born dreamers who are overly motivated and naive by default need experience, need to fail a lot to learn that some things are harder than it seems. (I am more in this category.)
But in reality there is a market for the belief of whether 'they can do that': (angel) investing.
If someone bets that people's capabilities are undervalued she should buy into the market (invest in early stage enterpreneurs).
If someone bets that people's capabilities are overvalued she should sell (not invest).
Saying 'you can do that' is cheap. If you really trust he/she can do that you invest. I think the market is balanced in Silicon Valley (some say overvalued) and undervalued in some countires where there is virtually no angel investing in technology startups at all. (Like where I live in Eastern Europe.)
Some other people, the born dreamers who are overly motivated and naive by default need experience, need to fail a lot to learn that some things are harder than it seems. (I am more in this category.)
But in reality there is a market for the belief of whether 'they can do that': (angel) investing. If someone bets that people's capabilities are undervalued she should buy into the market (invest in early stage enterpreneurs). If someone bets that people's capabilities are overvalued she should sell (not invest).
Saying 'you can do that' is cheap. If you really trust he/she can do that you invest. I think the market is balanced in Silicon Valley (some say overvalued) and undervalued in some countires where there is virtually no angel investing in technology startups at all. (Like where I live in Eastern Europe.)