No, you're setting limits on another human being, likely because you're intimidated by them even having the stones to go through with it (and you won't/can't). Folks like you are a dime-a-dozen and they are always hollow souls who can't accomplish a fraction of the people they push down.
> what sort of grilling do you think the OP will be subjected to when they rock up at a bank or VC fund looking for a few hundred million ?
Appropriate grilling (financial prospects, executive potential, etc), not being told to "lower your ambitions."
I feel like I should bookmark this thread so I can come back in a few years when this dude is huge and say "Geez, I bet you wish you kept your yap shut" to all these people telling him to reel his ambitions in.
I still smirk at the chucklehead who dismissed Drew Houston when he "Show HN: Dropbox"
It's not the concept of defence I was commenting on. It's the nastiness.
As for condescension: that's in the eye of the beholder. When the OP said "Let me know what you guys think of the idea and if you see any potential pitfalls" do you think that was a mistake to ask for feedback? Should they have only asked for affirmation?
> what sort of grilling do you think the OP will be subjected to when they rock up at a bank or VC fund looking for a few hundred million ?
Appropriate grilling (financial prospects, executive potential, etc), not being told to "lower your ambitions."