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The missing component is luck I feel, you and I both have probably put the same smarts and effort in as those who were succesful but just haven't had opportunit
by ehnto 4y ago
The missing component is luck I feel, you and I both have probably put the same smarts and effort in as those who were succesful but just haven't had opportunity, effort and luck all line up at the right time.
I built four SaaS products while working full time as a software dev, I have started companies, tried some side hussles, I am a smart chap but I was never blessed with opportunity and luck at the time I was putting in the effort. Then I burned out, and now I am just happy to be enjoying software for a living again. It would take a really captivating idea for me to start another software side gig, and only if a concrete opportunity arises. For now I am happy working on being prepared to sieze that opportunity by building cash, skills and a network, rather than actively working on one that doesn't yet exist.
- nowherebeen 4y agoI am in the same boat as you. I realized I have all the technical chops needed to build my business, but have failed a few times now. I am now looking for a job. Who knows if the opportunity will ever arise, but I need to move on with my life. I can't be sitting waiting for an opportunity that might never come. It's been emotionally difficult for me to acknowledge this, but I take it one day at a time.
- tasuki 4y ago> I realized I have all the technical chops needed to build my business I don't know much about business, but I think you need business chops to build a business.
- nowherebeen 4y agoAbsolutely, once you find the market, but at the ideation stage it’s more about spotting it in the first place. That’s much harder than it seems.
- tasuki 4y agoSure, it just seems the technical chops are way down the list of priorities...
- nowherebeen 4y agoI have met tons of business people that never got their business off the ground because they couldn’t build the product. For every failed technical founder, there are 10x more failed business founders. It’s not all just one or the other. You need a bit of both and tons of luck. Starting a business isn’t just all skills.