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People on HN always focus on "changing the world" as something that means building a billion dollar company. But this can't be further from the truth. Storytel
by onedev 11y ago
People on HN always focus on "changing the world" as something that means building a billion dollar company. But this can't be further from the truth.
Storytelling, like what Fish has done here, is certainly changing the world and it is this incremental progress which we should all celebrate. His beautiful story, among others like his, will inspire people to be more open about their mental health and hopefully in the process inspire a better future.
Entrepreneurship is not the only way to make the world a better place, and neither is an incredibly high level of success (as Fish has had). But what resulted from his high level of success is a story that many can and will relate to. That's something to celebrate.
- tajen 11y ago> People on HN (...) People talking on HN... There's an immense majority of silent people on HN who just learn. I've learnt my startup skills by reading HN for two years, and I'm very happy that I've learnt the difference between bootstrapping and VCing. I'm the pleased owner of an LLC now. There is a place on HN for lifestyle businesses and bootstrapped companies, the latter being much less generator of stress. There is patio11 who is really renowed, and although he's a hard worker, I don't believe he ever put "Advancing Humanity" in any of his pretentions. Lastly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10169782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10169782 I often point out that happiness is what actually advances the world. Unbeloved people who surround us, or unbeloved busy people who spend their time at work, accumulate frustration, unmet expectations, and sometimes accumulate hate. Unhappy and excluded people are the most extremist in politics, and they're often the most part of the warmongers. Maybe spending time to love the people around us will make 1, or 2 people happy. It's not an app, it's non-scalable. But if that prevents extremist votes and wars, aren't we the ones advancing humanity?
- rev_bird 11y ago> bootstrapped companies, the latter being much less generator of stress Maybe it's because I've never been at a funded startup, but I can't imagine "this needs to bring in money from day one or my house goes away" being less stressful than "oh gee, our $4 million could run out soon."
- tajen 11y agoIt's rather "We've signed off this term sheet, so either each of the managers earns $1m at the end of the two years, either we earn nothing and we're in personal bankrupt".
- shoo 11y agoThis was a good article to read. Less seriously, back in hn, re: "we're going to change the world!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I