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Lots of indie hackers defeat blind luck and exit as much as the small percentage founders receive in a funded startup. Lots of good reading out there

• paulryanrogers 4y ago
  Right it's a lottery, with very expensive tickets. You may have to pay with years of your life for each one, possibly significant others.
  • j45 4y ago
    Not if you consult and find the business needs and only build wher people want and are willing to pay for. Hitting the startup funding lottery to go on an expedition to find and build something people want is a different matter and maybe what you’re referring to, and if so, I totally agree with.
    • paulryanrogers 4y ago
      > Not if you consult and find the business needs and only build wher people want and are willing to pay for. That's only one part of the challenge. Market research is vital, yet alone is a not guaranteed success. Even if a valuable untapped market is discovered, there's more to success than just building a solution. Sales and marketing have to execute well too. A competitor from an adjacent industry could swoop in. Etc.