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petervandijck on March 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Parody Color Pitch Deck

A guru is someone who tells others what to do, having long since achieved all his own goals. Who'd want those in a startup?

die_sekte on March 24, 2011 | [–]

The gurus are imported from the future. I.e. the gurus already solved your problem and now help their past selves.

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