Thank you! Seriously, this type of article really invigorates me. This may go against hacker mentality, which is eliminate every single step until all you are l

Thank you! Seriously, this type of article really invigorates me. This may go against hacker mentality, which is eliminate every single step until all you are left is with an awesome product. Get that out the door as quickly as possible and pray for users. 100 to 1k to 1 mil to 100 mil users! Revenue model? We can worry about that later. How much is each user worth? Sorry for the rant but steps that do exist in the traditional process are there for a reason. Correlation does not imply causation yada yada. You should finish high school and at least get a bachelor's. You do need to consider a business plan. You do need to understand the legal aspects. If all we take is shortcuts, then we will never understand what is missing!