Bezos amplifies VC take: missing the next Cursor hurts more than a failed bet
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-10
Sam Altman quotes a 23-year-old Harvard VC arguing that pessimists sound smart but optimists make money. In venture you can't short companies—all upside comes from outliers—so investors should chase optimism over sounding smart: missing the next Cursor hurts far more than backing a company that fails. He cites B-school intellectuals who told Bezos Amazon would lose to Barnes & Noble.
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