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Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company
- z8000 17y agoI am exactly in this scenario and answered "no" to only 3 of the statements. Taken at face value that's pretty encouraging.
- notauser 17y agoWhen I started I failed 3 and 12 very badly: - I do not need positive reinforcement from others in order to be happy/effective. - I handle disappointment well. 4 months of repeated failure and rejection has fixed that. I now handle it very well indeed, and every time I fall short it provides me with determination to carry on and do better next time. I'm still pretty bad at uncertainty, but I'm working on it. It's really hard to wait for a decision - much harder than dealing with a no (or yes). I think a lot of the other things on the list, you wouldn't keep your attributes for long after starting a company. The problem is that you only have so long to change yourself before you run out of time and money.
- jyothi 17y agoI agree esp when you are in trenches with your startup morale does go low. With a very stressful and disappointing one year in 2008 even I said No to 3, 12 & 23. 23) I do not frustrate easily Getting much better off-late though. Positive reinforcement from your own work works best, even if they are small.
- holograham 17y agoI answer yes to every single one...man I need to get out of my mega-corporation job
- DenisM 17y agowell, why didn't you? Is it lack of savings or lack of confidence or something else?
- holograham 17y agolack of savings and student debt are tough to overcome
- diN0bot 17y ago> "I think there is one metric that can be used to measure the value of a human life and that’s impact....(p.s. i don’t use spell check…deal with it)" ??
- Tichy 17y ago[] I can read a 35 bullet points list to the end without getting distracted
- sid- 17y agoI answered no to a couple of them. But more importantly "I am primarily competing against myself" I need people around to compete with to bounce ideas off and raise the bar for each other
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoI hate these kind of checklists because all they end up showing you is who you wish you were. Have someone else fill it out for you.