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> Don't try to build the rocket yourself (that's a gamble that practically never ends well); let someone else do it and try to hitch a ride. But what if everyo
by runeks 9y ago
> Don't try to build the rocket yourself (that's a gamble that practically never ends well); let someone else do it and try to hitch a ride.
But what if everyone’s building shitty rocket ships, that have all sorts of practical (not technical) limitations, and no one’s trying to build what I have in mind, which I’ve identified as a superior rocket ship?
If you, yourself, can convince investors that it’s a good idea, is there an advantage to hitching a ride instead?
- mikesabat 9y agoOP says that hitching a ride is the SAFEST by far. Maybe starting something is not for everyone and I think most people on HN would encourage someone to 'go for it' if they think they have it in them. But the reason that I wanted to respond is to point out the difference between convincing investors to invest and building a rocketship yourself. These are completely different things. Convincing an investor buys a little time for a company to form and a product to develop. The company needs to prove, prove, prove to get to a rocketship stage.