3 Common Phrases Investors Say That Entrepreneurs Completely Misunderstand

Investors aren’t always great at telling founders what they’re really thinking.

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
4 min readOct 31, 2022

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When I was in college, and long before I imagined being an entrepreneur, I took a class called “Dictionaries and Their Makers.” I thought it sounded interesting.

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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