> So after about 8 months of work I was ready to start getting users. I caution readers looking for advise on building a start up. Early on, this reads as a po

> So after about 8 months of work I was ready to start getting users. I caution readers looking for advise on building a start up. Early on, this reads as a post celebrating the joy of programming. Which is great! Working on something you enjoy can be personally fulfilling, but that doesn't mean that it's a start up. At the end of the day, a start up is a business, and a business needs to make money. The ultimate validation is finding users willing to pay for your service. Waiting 8 months before finding users is a huge risk, and signals that this is is a fun personal project that may generate profit if it happens to find product/market fit. The author's closing remarks address the idea, but I think they're a little late for a post about building startups. > Have I spent too much time geeking out on Haskell and not enough time thinking about the idea? I guess we will see .