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I think the idea behind "don't do a startup" is to warn and discourage people that want to do it because it's cool. The fundamentals behind starting a startup
by tdr 14y ago
I think the idea behind "don't do a startup" is to warn and discourage people that want to do it because it's cool.
The fundamentals behind starting a startup should be orders of magnitude stronger than that. You'll know if you got them.
While I think the startup experience should be tried by anyone (and by the way, I don't think startup life sucks, but it is hard), I hope it won't turn into an international trend where every "social" site equals a multi-million $ business.
- diego 14y agoBy the same token, why bother discouraging people? It's the same as saying "stay in school, don't do drugs. Don't try to be a rockstar like me." There's only so much need for startups and so much money to go around. To me, the original article was just an excuse for this guy to "humblebrag."
- tdr 14y agoThat's why I said it should be tried by everybody: you learn a lot. Most likely "the hard way". But nothing good can come out when people jump into it without a proper preparation & plan.