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So there is this post currently on the front-page, an essay by Paul Graham: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3
by dpflan 3y ago
So there is this post currently on the front-page, an essay by Paul Graham: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865
"How to Start Google"
It makes salient points about what is needed to venture forth and create a "startup". It seems pertinent here because your comments about this project seems to not really meet the criteria, and calls into question whether the salients points from the essay apply here. Good topic for discussion.
- bluelightning2k 3y agoIn one of the YC podcasts Michael says "did you Google the thing you are building". I was reminded of that. I think what happens is people hit this "here's what you need to do to start a company" and like 40% of all founders see opportunity in those basics and build an email, CRM, survey, project management, etc. tool because it feels bad to pay high prices for something you could build themselves. The engineering equivalent of this is an issue tracker, JS framework or "we simplified kubernetes".