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I found the "flip the time around, 90% on company" part interesting. Is it not possible to do a side project which matures to a small business providing consist
by Tarrosion 10y ago
I found the "flip the time around, 90% on company" part interesting. Is it not possible to do a side project which matures to a small business providing consistent income? I'd be surprised if anyone could create a multi-multi-million dollar company like that, but surely there's something between "10% of time, not going anywhere" and "90% of time?"
- pdornier 10y agoThat's a good observation. I think it comes down to the distinction between a startup and a small business. It's certainly possible to continue working on a side-project part-time and build it into a successful small business, but I would argue that that's not a startup, since one of the defining features of a startup is fast growth. Paul Graham has an interesting take on that distinction here: http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html
- beaconstudios 10y agoone of the defining features of a startup ~according to Paul Graham~ is fast growth. Much of what he writes about is geared towards the type of startup that YC wants to accelerate - the type of company that could go from college bedroom to bought by Google in 2-3 years. There are plenty of other companies in the startup ecosystem that aren't entirely driven by VC strategies.