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"you just need to create something very cool that you and other people find useful."

No. You need to convince investors that whatever you have is "cool" and "useful", even if it burns money.

Derby is cool. Express is cool. Knockout is cool. There are so many cool, free, open-source libraries. It has become crystal clear that getting investment is about being on the inside, having a hip website, and valley celebrities saying good things about you.




Not to mention the allstars behind Meteor itself. http://meteor.com/about/people


Thanks for that comment, it expresses exactly how I'm feeling towards this. This is stupid and pointless. Instead of developing a framework I should be designing a beautiful website, fuck features, it's gotta be good looking!


With no track record, that's more difficult.




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