Agreed. I say talk to anyone you can. You don't want to be pushy or anything, but most people love giving advice and being asked about their business or what

Agreed. I say talk to anyone you can. You don't want to be pushy or anything, but most people love giving advice and being asked about their business or what they do. I tend not to limit who I talk to to just entrepreneurial or software industry people either, I like to throw ideas at anyone I can. But the closer to the line of business, obviously the more they can speak on it. I'm really lucky to have a dad who's also self-employed (that must be why I lean that way too), but regardless of the line of work they're in, it's interesting to hear different business owners talk about their experiences, and I think that helps to think about my business from different angles too. Startups are just new businesses in a fairly new area, so experience in other areas of business are totally applicable. You can talk to anyone you know (friends' parents who own businesses, for example) about how they got started, how they got from idea to profitability, how they got through rough patches, etc.