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I also quit my job at Google New York 4 months ago to pursue my own entrepreneurial path [0]. This post is a bit scary for me. I admire author's transparency, b
by nyrulez 8y ago
I also quit my job at Google New York 4 months ago to pursue my own entrepreneurial path [0]. This post is a bit scary for me. I admire author's transparency, but if I am being honest, I don't want to be at the same place after 1 year.
I'll probably write down my own summary of all the learnings from my mistakes so far (there are SO many), but the biggest one was the same that the author seems to be making: trying to do too many things at once. I also think freelancing away everything for a strong developer is a mistake because of the roundtrips involved.
Making a business out of anything requires an insane amount of effort beyond engineering and I have finally managed to now try to do just one thing for the foreseeable future, and spend at least 30-40% of my time on outreach, validation and business aspects.
[0] https://stockquanta.com https://stockquanta.com
- mtlynch 8y agoThanks for reading. Don't fear ending up like me. It's fun! Just buy a house next door to me in Western Mass, and we'll go on some hikes together. Kidding, but really I suspect we just have different goals. I'd like to build a business that makes enough to support me and a family comfortably on <= 40 hours of work per week. From StockQuanta, it seems like your goal is to build something that can grow very large, and limiting your work hours isn't as critical to you.
- nyrulez 8y agoI didn't mean your situation but was mostly referring to the profit/loss chart :-) I am sure you're having a grand adventure, and I hope to have the same. And I didn't realize you are constraining your work hours, which is a nice goal. I am trying to front-load the pain haha. Are you formerly from Google NY too?
- mtlynch 8y agoYep, Google NY. The building in the cover art on the article is 111 8th Ave (with some creative liberties).