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If you can just do that, then why are you not quitting your job and why don't you have $800k in the bank? It's easy, just build a million dollar asset and sell

If you can just do that, then why are you not quitting your job and why don't you have $800k in the bank? It's easy, just build a million dollar asset and sell it. Pssh, I am on my third one this week.

turnsout 2y ago
Something can be both conceptually simple yet difficult to execute. (The key to losing weight is "just" to eat less and exercise, piano is "just a bunch of keys," etc) Personally I have a mortgage and a family, so I'm not eager to burn through savings to build a company 0-1, but if I had to, I described exactly what I would do.
- ptsneves 2y ago
  Hehehe, you just described most normal people: a mortgage a family, cannot just wake up and say I am going all-in “this great idea”. Your idea is therefore only reachable for early age people or singles. I am trying to revive a project I believe strongly which is kind of ready to sale, but I cannot get a damn 4 hours to seat down and look at it without being interrupted by life’s chores or just being too tired Anyway I have similar fantasies to yours. It feels good to not be alone, both in circumstances as in fantasy.
  - turnsout 2y ago
    I've been there! I recently released an app that has been 99% ready for sale for a full year, and the only way I got it over the finish line was to wake up every morning at 5am to get an hour or two of work in before my kid wakes up. :) I'd love to do something bigger, but this will have to scratch that entrepreneurial itch for now!
    - ptsneves 2y ago
      You inspired me and I am starting a calendar where i track my commitment to it.
rwmj 2y ago
I posted an idea for a proven business a few days ago based on an area why my employer has given up on (too "small" for a multi-billion dollar company) and yet customers still seem to like and want[1]. I'm pretty sure this would be worth a few million at least, and I'd even be qualified to do it. Why don't I do it? Because it would be dull as ditchwater and I'd hate every minute of it. There's more to life than that. The point is that solving dull business problems like that might be lucrative, but not many of us are motivated enough to do them. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42305336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42305336
- oblio 2y ago
  I can't find your email address, I'm interested in that idea :-) Is there a way to contact you? I couldn't find it in your profile, unfortunately.
  - rwmj 2y ago
    Believe me, I'm really not interested in taking part. For the product that was deprecated you can see here: https://www.ovirt.org/ https://www.ovirt.org/ https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-virtualization https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-virtualization I wish you luck.
    - ghaff 2y ago
      Yeah, Red Hat put a fair bit of money and investment into a direct VMware takeout using oVirt/RHV. Pretty much went nowhere. There's presumably some money int here post-Broadcom acquisition but Red Hat is mostly betting on Kubevirt and OpenShift. Some (presumably smaller-scale) customers will prefer more of a like-to-like lower-cost replacement but personally I wouldn't bet on it as a business.
      - rwmj 2y ago
        Yeah, my feeling is that if you're a billion dollar business with associated high overheads, then a few million is not worth it. If you're a zero dollar start-up with focus and a tolerance for selling boring software to boring companies, then there's money in it.

turnsout 2y ago

Something can be both conceptually simple yet difficult to execute. (The key to losing weight is "just" to eat less and exercise, piano is "just a bunch of keys," etc) Personally I have a mortgage and a family, so I'm not eager to burn through savings to build a company 0-1, but if I had to, I described exactly what I would do.

ptsneves 2y ago
Hehehe, you just described most normal people: a mortgage a family, cannot just wake up and say I am going all-in “this great idea”. Your idea is therefore only reachable for early age people or singles. I am trying to revive a project I believe strongly which is kind of ready to sale, but I cannot get a damn 4 hours to seat down and look at it without being interrupted by life’s chores or just being too tired Anyway I have similar fantasies to yours. It feels good to not be alone, both in circumstances as in fantasy.
- turnsout 2y ago
  I've been there! I recently released an app that has been 99% ready for sale for a full year, and the only way I got it over the finish line was to wake up every morning at 5am to get an hour or two of work in before my kid wakes up. :) I'd love to do something bigger, but this will have to scratch that entrepreneurial itch for now!
  - ptsneves 2y ago
    You inspired me and I am starting a calendar where i track my commitment to it.

rwmj 2y ago

I posted an idea for a proven business a few days ago based on an area why my employer has given up on (too "small" for a multi-billion dollar company) and yet customers still seem to like and want[1]. I'm pretty sure this would be worth a few million at least, and I'd even be qualified to do it. Why don't I do it? Because it would be dull as ditchwater and I'd hate every minute of it. There's more to life than that. The point is that solving dull business problems like that might be lucrative, but not many of us are motivated enough to do them. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42305336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42305336

oblio 2y ago
I can't find your email address, I'm interested in that idea :-) Is there a way to contact you? I couldn't find it in your profile, unfortunately.
- rwmj 2y ago
  Believe me, I'm really not interested in taking part. For the product that was deprecated you can see here: https://www.ovirt.org/ https://www.ovirt.org/ https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-virtualization https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-virtualization I wish you luck.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    Yeah, Red Hat put a fair bit of money and investment into a direct VMware takeout using oVirt/RHV. Pretty much went nowhere. There's presumably some money int here post-Broadcom acquisition but Red Hat is mostly betting on Kubevirt and OpenShift. Some (presumably smaller-scale) customers will prefer more of a like-to-like lower-cost replacement but personally I wouldn't bet on it as a business.
    - rwmj 2y ago
      Yeah, my feeling is that if you're a billion dollar business with associated high overheads, then a few million is not worth it. If you're a zero dollar start-up with focus and a tolerance for selling boring software to boring companies, then there's money in it.