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"This time I'm pretty convinced that when I go back to work I want to work in a real startup, as a founder." Later that year, Fog Creek Software was born. Pret
by harpastum 18y ago
"This time I'm pretty convinced that when I go back to work I want to work in a real startup, as a founder."
Later that year, Fog Creek Software was born. Pretty interesting to read his thoughts at the beginnings of entrepreneurship.
- JacobAldridge 18y agoYes - my initial thought was 'Sabbatical - what will that mean for his business and (more importantly to me) his writing?" Realising it was a March 2000 article, I'm now interested in a follow up. Did his start-up shift his 4-years-on 1-year-off work strategy because of finances, or because he was more energised to keep at it for longer? And how did his perception of "billions of not-very-smart venture dollars out there...good salaries...and the chance of having a "liquidity event" change in the 12 months after this was written?