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If you don’t have a passion for solving a problem, you likely won’t succeed. You can’t go in just wanting to start a company. You have to be passionate about a
by altdataseller 4y ago
If you don’t have a passion for solving a problem, you likely won’t succeed. You can’t go in just wanting to start a company. You have to be passionate about a problem. The company is secondary.
- acuozzo 4y agoIsn't this essentially the difference between motivation and discipline though? The standard advice around these parts is that relying on motivation/passion is an easy way to lose steam once the going gets tough. I imagine this is, in part, why Paul Graham recommends pursuing "boring" tech problems. Plus, I enjoy the means more than the ends. The practice of programming and system building excites me more than what the software/system is built to solve.
- altdataseller 4y agoYou need both IMO. It’s hard to maintain discipline if you don’t have the passion.