Why You Should Never Ask People’s Opinions About Your Startup Idea — According to the Founder of EarthLink

Could someone be telling you your billion dollar idea is stupid?

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
6 min readApr 5, 2021

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When people discover I teach entrepreneurship for a living, they immediately assume I have a magical power to judge whether or not an idea is “good.” As a result, I often find…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com