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World is much bigger than America. Of course, there are established economic clusters, like the valley, but it isn't the only destination. Try Bangalore, India

by c00p3r 16y ago

World is much bigger than America. Of course, there are established economic clusters, like the valley, but it isn't the only destination. Try Bangalore, India or China. Try to find a niche for your startup around your home (which means find a people with a task/problem and money and turn it into your next startup. Usually that is some internet service for an non-IT established business). And it is also possible, but really difficult, to bootstrap yourself, if your startup idea is really innovative. Technology is very cheap nowadays. And the last but not the least - try to find people in situation like your and cooperate and collaborate with them. I'm personally think that geo-dispersed teams, like that one which develops FreeBSD or Webkit or Go are the answer to the problem. Communication is the key, not a connectivity.

ahoyhere 16y ago
Bootstrapping is easy. Shopping yourself around for funding, and then managing your investor's expectations and demands on top of your theoretical customers', is hard.
- c00p3r 16y ago
  It is not so easy if you also need to earn money somehow for living.
  - ahoyhere 16y ago
    Right, because I was living off my trust fund… Here's what you do to bootstrap, a time-honored technique: Build it in your spare time. Freelance, at a higher rate than you'd earn at a regular job (totally possible), so you can work fewer hours. Figure out how to create windfall incomes to help fund your project -- I cowrote a technical ebook, and develop & give training courses. I only had to develop the course once, and edit it each time. That's how I have created Freckle (http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com) and how we are creating Charm (http://charmde.sk http://charmde.sk), among other products. (I was finally able to quit consulting on the side in January, except for an outstanding contract, to focus on products alone. My tactics work.)

by c00p3r 16y ago

ahoyhere 16y ago

Bootstrapping is easy. Shopping yourself around for funding, and then managing your investor's expectations and demands on top of your theoretical customers', is hard.

c00p3r 16y ago
It is not so easy if you also need to earn money somehow for living.
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  Right, because I was living off my trust fund… Here's what you do to bootstrap, a time-honored technique: Build it in your spare time. Freelance, at a higher rate than you'd earn at a regular job (totally possible), so you can work fewer hours. Figure out how to create windfall incomes to help fund your project -- I cowrote a technical ebook, and develop & give training courses. I only had to develop the course once, and edit it each time. That's how I have created Freckle (http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com) and how we are creating Charm (http://charmde.sk http://charmde.sk), among other products. (I was finally able to quit consulting on the side in January, except for an outstanding contract, to focus on products alone. My tactics work.)