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Having failed because of some of those reasons, I think it's because those activities are very time-consuming and distract from being fanatical about the produc
by ap22213 10y ago
Having failed because of some of those reasons, I think it's because those activities are very time-consuming and distract from being fanatical about the product.
It would be different if they were fruitful, but more often (in my experience) they are dead-ends, and worse they spawn other activities that are dead-ends. It becomes a huge time sink. That said, it seems difficult to make legit connections without having them initially. Where I live, there are a few major companies that had succeeded decades ago, and most of the startups in the city seem to be run by ex-employees of those companies.
I think the advantages of living in the bay are 1) more opportunity to bump into someone who knows someone, and 2) having access to more (passionate and active) early adopters.
- logicallee 10y agoI think I misread it. She actually said: >The best founders don’t have time to get caught up in other things. >Here’s a list of things that I see easily distract founders. So if you don't get "caught up" in it it's important; while they can "easily distract" founders, they're important. I think she might have gone too far stating that they're the startup equivalent of "wolves in sheeps’ clothing", because wolves in sheeps clothing presumably are only out to hurt you - but read this way her point comes across well. Spending too much time with them ends up hurting you, even though they can be important. I mean one of them is Networking... try building a startup without that.