I don't feel that I know enough yet. I've seen too many friends run around in circles jumping from project to project, failure to failure. 37signals likes to c

I don't feel that I know enough yet. I've seen too many friends run around in circles jumping from project to project, failure to failure. 37signals likes to cite a Stanford (?) study that founders who have failed are statistically no more likely to succeed than first time founders. Only successful founders have a statistical leg up when starting a new venture. I don't believe that a large-scale, I'm-gonna-go-out-and-raise project necessarily teaches you anything. It's sort of like the big show - you should have rehearsed beforehand. That said, that doesn't mean I'm not learning. I think you can learn a ton from hacks/little projects, like Kyle Bragger's tinyproj. Having users for a product does not a startup make, but I think you can learn a lot from that experience. I'm also working my way through a massive stack of management theory/software development/hacking books that I know I'll never read once I actually start a company. A lot of successful founders I know had significant work histories at startups or otherwise before starting something. I don't have that yet.