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His main advice is to just "flow" on your own natural interests and success will come. The problem is that many people's interests have zero business potential
by white-flame 10y ago
His main advice is to just "flow" on your own natural interests and success will come.
The problem is that many people's interests have zero business potential. As technical people, we tend to have pipe dreams about what computers could achieve. Lone wolf AI directions, weird functional programming styles, utilities based on incredibly niche processing, continuing retro computing interests, custom OSes, etc.
Sure, some people have interests that happen to align with a commercially exploitable audience, but "pursue your interest" is not a globally applicable direction to recommend starting a business venture. Flexibility within your interest will not help you swing a profit if your interest isn't widely shared.
- 6DM 10y agoI still think it's a great starting point. You may find that it's hard to get info about custom OSes and after a year decide to sell a book with all the information you found. The point is keep an eye out for problems you run into, instead of making one up. Usually if you find it interesting, someone else will too. Plus it makes it easier to justify spending the hours necessary turning it into a product.