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if you really got 2 out of 5 startups that had some bearings on the idea and pro approach, then I would say you were very lucky! as we are full sail into that
by joering2 15y ago
if you really got 2 out of 5 startups that had some bearings on the idea and pro approach, then I would say you were very lucky!
as we are full sail into that era of dropouts become billionaires, I am getting tons of emails from people who start and ends their idea on "I know how to kill Facebook and everyone will love it".
- mgkimsal 15y agoI think the numbers were a bit high... but out of 5, two are actually making money, have repeatable processes, and have small profit at the end of each month. Whether these will turn in to large scale concerns, I can't say (in at least one case, probably not). And on top of that, I'm discounting probably another 8-10 "startups" I'd talked to during the last couple of years that - at that stage - weren't much more than a guy hacking on code, or people with an idea. Not to disparage that - follow your dreams - that's fine - but... only one of those struck me as ever being able to get to a point where they could actually make sustainable money.