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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might make sense with an mlm, but in that field I wonder if your friend is reacting from insecurities[/quote]

Op here. It’s not an MLM. It’s in the tech/AI/cybersecurity space which is where DH, brother, and I all work. And we are spending no more than a few thousand dollars on it, and no one is quitting their job.[/quote]

Why do you care so much about your friend's opinion on this if it's just small potatoes?[/quote]

Op here. She did more than give her opinion. She went on a diatribe listing all the reasons why it won’t work and detailing everything she thinks I’m doing wrong.

I’m hurt by it. I’m not sure there needs to be some big deep reason. But I feel like I opened up about something that matters to me and shared with her and then she crapped all over it before I had even finished explaining barely anything about it.[/quote]

OP, you see and talk to her many times a week, I think I read.

She struck a nerve.  That is why you are blowing this up.    
She felt close enough to be brutally honest with you.  Many others likely do not.

Go into this knowing your $5k (and more as a last ditch attempt to keep it afloat) will likely disappear.  
If it takes off for all of you, awesome!   
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OP didn't invest $5k. She says that's the total outlay between three people and that it's not even all invested yet. So at most OP will spend 1-2k, and so far she's likely spent much less.

Also, anyone who would criticize something this swiftly without asking any questions about it (OP said the friend didn't ask her a single question and that in a conversation about OP's new venture, OP only spoke for a couple minutes to describe it and then the friend spent fifteen or more minutes making critical comments) is not a great judge, in my opinion.

On Shark Tank, they usually ask a number of questions even when they are skeptical from the start. It's the only way to learn enough to know whether it's a viable idea or not. You might miss out on a really brilliant opportunity because you wrote it off immediately without taking a moment to ask just a few questions.

OP's friend sounds judgmental and impulsive. She might have been "being honest" but that doesn't mean she's also wise.[/quote]

Most new businesses fail. Her friend is a broken clock. That doesn't make the friend right.[/quote]

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