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What I find most interesting is that no matter how many times these points are brought up or given advice... a person who is just starting out will not take the

What I find most interesting is that no matter how many times these points are brought up or given advice... a person who is just starting out will not take these in until experiencing them first hand, almost in a rite of passage way... I recall doing every single one of these mistakes, and more. But it only truly registers fully when you actually hit them.

StavrosK 16y ago
Not only that... When it comes to our startup (http://historio.us http://historio.us), I (I can only speak for myself) find that a small piece of negative critique, or a new, better funded startup launching that is remotely related to what we do, can lead me to becoming demoralised and think that it's not leading anywhere, even though we've hit 3,000 users in two weeks, have tens of subscribers already, lots of positive feedback from users and even some people asking to invest... This post was very good for telling people things they might not already know, but which are indispensable. For example, when I'm demoralised, I regularly find myself saying "okay, it might feel bad but in reality people find the service very useful", and then the rational part of my brain kicks in and tells me to keep doing what I'm doing because it's probably worth it... Many thanks to the author, the post was very encouraging.