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This analysis feels shallow, since it doesn't address the current landscape: it takes a lot longer than 10-15 years ago to get from nothing to revenue if you do
by mihaic 5y ago
This analysis feels shallow, since it doesn't address the current landscape: it takes a lot longer than 10-15 years ago to get from nothing to revenue if you don't have a contract in advance, while most of the mainstream advice for software entrepreneurs is from a time when the barrier of entry was lower.
The dificulty is mentioned, but probably requires strong emphasis and going into details (having a distribution mechanism before writing any code for instance). I often feel like even VCs and insiders are stuck a bit in the past, since their success came from a different ecosystem.
- supert56 5y agoI totally agree with this. Distribution is the most underrated, most difficult part of creating a tech company. In the UK Squarespace peddles the slogan 'a website makes it real'. This is very misleading. Making the website is the easy part, being found if you have no prior audience, no experience with SEO or a lot of money for ads is incredibly hard. In my opinion breaking into the tech world now is much harder than it was 5 years ago regardless of how good your product is.