I will sound cliche too, but still honest: - start a startup just for the sake of having a cool startup is the worst motivator possible, ive never seen it work

I will sound cliche too, but still honest: - start a startup just for the sake of having a cool startup is the worst motivator possible, ive never seen it working as a sole and primary motivation. Although it is often a background or initial ignition for some of entrepreneurs Ive known (both successful and not so much). - startup is first and foremost a business, at the heart of the business lies businesses model, sales and marketing. Technology is just one of many possible ways to make business model working and/or deliver the value to customers - summing up the two above - it’s not about how many mvps you have, or how cool you are as a developer, it’s about you finding the real actual problem you care enough and competent enough to see what is exactly wrong with current competitors and validating your solution with real customers