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several thoughts as i was reading the article, if you look at jason calacanis' show "this week in startups", the intro to his show has a quote that says somethi
by epynonymous 15y ago
several thoughts as i was reading the article, if you look at jason calacanis' show "this week in startups", the intro to his show has a quote that says something along the lines of "think about your biggest idea and then go for it full speed!" that one resonates the most with me, i'm sure that quote was pulled from somewhere else. anyway, my point is that i've been and am in the same boat as i have a shedload of ideas, implement some of them half baked (i.e. no marketing/sales follow through), and then move on to others for various reasons. but when i read your article, it made me think about this because it seems that lots of your projects either you or your partner lost motivation, e.g. wanted to work on something else.
will/motivation to me is one of the most important things when choosing an idea to execute. of course business model is important, but if you have an excellent business model and you are only 80% interested, then chances are you will fail.
ideas are a dime a dozen, put your efforts into the one that you feel most passionate about from a personal level. not to say that you wasted time on any of the projects because i'm sure you gained a lot of experience, but focus that energy on the one thing and you'll go a lot farther than all of the 10+ combined :)
- alexro 15y agoIf I'm passionate about stuff that won't bring money for sure and there is an idea that I hate but feel it could be profitable, which way shall I choose to build a startup in your opinion? It's easy to pick up to be passionate when doing a side project, and it's a completely different thing when you think about "going head-on" and need to pay the bills. And in real life the choices are more subtle and have more dimensions.