Dignity is Deadly

A great post on the Creating Passionate Users blog, reporting back on a Paul Graham speech.

It's about the advantages that a small start-up has, and how they lose those advantages when they try to grow up and act the way they think they're supposed to.

I completely agree with all of this, the phrase "seems more professional" has bugged me for a long time, I feel my blood boil each time I hear it used as justification for a suggestion. I even talked about it myself in Micro ISV Mistake #4.

I don't think I've linked to Creating Passionate Users before, but I should have. Add it to your blog roll today.

Read: Dignity is Deadly.