On: Patio11 launches his lifecycle emails course

[JesseAldridge]

Didn't like the video. From http://ycombinator.com/video.html:

"Please do not recite a script written beforehand. Just talk spontaneously as you would to a friend. People delivering memorized speeches (or worse still, text read off the screen) usually come off as stupid. Unless you're a good enough actor to fake spontaneity, you lose more in the stilted delivery than you gain from a more polished message."

[nandemo → JesseAldridge]

That advice is specifically for people applying to Y Combinator. Not very relevant to marketing videos in general.

[trhtrsh → JesseAldridge]

Um, people who aren't gifted speakers come off as stupid when they talk spontaneously about a topic.

[pestaa → trhtrsh]

So if one comes off as stupid either way on the video, why not just write it down?