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1. Plan to start your company in 10 years. 2. Between now and then, work at a small company, a just-funded startup, a raw startup and a big company (maybe in t
by mhewett 16y ago
1. Plan to start your company in 10 years.
2. Between now and then, work at a small company, a just-funded startup, a raw startup and a big company (maybe in that order, maybe in any order). Watch the management closely and LEARN.
3. No matter how frustrating it is to work for someone else, stick to your plan.
4. Keep your technical skills current.
5. Learn management skills.
6. Save your money - live frugally now so you can self-fund your startup and keep control of it.
7. Become an expert or become good friends with an expert in some domain - gaming, architecture, finance, whatever.
8. Do your startup in that domain.
9. Develop a healthy lifestyle. You'll need your all your health and stamina to make the startup succeed.
10. Regularly sell things on eBay and/or Craigslist to get used to selling to people.
11. Watch how your non-technical friends use computers. They compose most of your customer base.
- ashitvora 16y ago+1
- skowmunk 16y agoHaving followed such a detailed long term plan from almost 14 years ago to realize my dream of starting a business, when I thought I didn't have the resources, the personality, the network, the background, the support or the backup, having worked in a a government R&D lab , a small company, a fortune 500 company, having completed 2 degrees, 1 Advanced Diploma, a Six Sigma Black belt certification...., with all dew respect to mhewett for the good intentions behind his advise..... please don't follow this advise. (edit: Actually all that mhewett says, is right, observe as much as you can (surprisingly not many really do), try to learn whatever you think can be useful in the future, except for one very deadly thing(the fatal flaw) - the 'plan to start in 10 years'.)