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One reason to want to do a startup (in the abstract) is because you're unhappy with the degree of autonomy at most 9-5 jobs. I somewhat think a bootstrapped-pr
by dasmoth 10y ago
One reason to want to do a startup (in the abstract) is because you're unhappy with the degree of autonomy at most 9-5 jobs.
I somewhat think a bootstrapped-profitable business might be a better route though, if you can manage that.
- Tharkun 10y agoIt's true that a lot of startups have, well, a "startup vibe" at first. I many cases that seems to disappear as soon as external capital is poured in :-(
- k__ 10y agoWell, besides "what" you sell in the end, running a company is a job of its own. And you can only learn it by running a company... So if you want to be a "Professional Company Runner", you got to start somewhere. I mean its as legitimate as being a professional programmer or a professional artist, etc.
- thewhitetulip 10y agoI met with a "startup" founder who wanted to "disrupt" hiring. His idea was to provide a platform for hiring which would be audio/video based and would use some magic to connect companies and people. As if parsing a resume wasn't enough and like recruiters don't know how to use Skype. All the time we were talking, he was explaining more about "disruption" rather than talking concretely about the idea itself. Sam Altman, in the startup course in Stanford said a nice quote, " don't start a startup just because you want to start one, work on something and if it clicks, then start a startup"
- BjoernKW 10y ago> As if parsing a resume wasn't enough and like recruiters don't know how to use Skype Actually, it isn't and no, they often don't. The way many recruiters behave makes you think they're not allowed to use the internet at all. Recruiting or rather the market for expertise is broken. It's not a problem of technology though but one of cargo cult practices and entrenched middlemen.
- thewhitetulip 10y agoCorrect, it is not much about technology. The process is broken.