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I'm always happy to hear about programmers starting a company but, come on people! "firing from every single weapon at our disposal without pause," "the most d
by jakejake 14y ago
I'm always happy to hear about programmers starting a company but, come on people! "firing from every single weapon at our disposal without pause," "the most difficult part of this stage in a founder's life", "everyone who knows what I'm doing thinks I'm insane"... these are things that we say when we give ourselves TWO WEEKS to start a company?
The OP already said they are all programmers and can easily get consulting gigs. If the runway is two weeks, what expenses could they possibly have? Obviously they didn't sign a 5-year lease. Two weeks isn't probably enough time to get a payroll system and bank accounts all set up, so I don't see that happening. A runway implies that the business has to shut down when they run out of funds. What could there be in two weeks - an AWS bill for fifty bucks..?
- ak39 14y agoAgreed totally. The runway is nothing other than a brutally honest cash flow projection into the next 6 months (minimum). Cash flow projection: first useful skill for any entrepreneur.
- megablast 14y agoI think you have hit on their startup. You put in a reasonable string of text, and it over embellishes every single aspect of it, to the max! Perfect for marketers.
- kelnos 14y agoHe's talking about a personal runway, not the company's runway. He personally has enough money for 2 weeks before he's unable to buy food for himself and his family (etc.).
- jakejake 14y agoNot a great position to put yourself in as you are trying to launch a new startup.