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TL;DR playing video games is easier than starting a real company so let's do that instead.

His analogy of participating in a "boss fight" is flawed since it sounds more like they just turned off the game system as soon as a hint of the boss monster's first tentacle even appeared on the screen.

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I'd say it's more like they turned off the game after the opening cut scene. This doesn't really qualify as a fumblebrag because they didn't actually start.

They assume that funding was in the bag already, that the product would get built on time (or at all) and that even 1 person would sign up. Maybe they would, maybe they wouldn't.

They were right about one thing though, the timing was fortunate that it was squashed just a little past the idea stage.

Easier said than done with skin in the game. What would be their options facing that "Boss Fight"?

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