I was 20-something, quit my very first engineering job and started consulting here and there while developing a product. I had a pile of credit cards that I us

I was 20-something, quit my very first engineering job and started consulting here and there while developing a product. I had a pile of credit cards that I used heavily at times but never maxed or missed a payment. Worst case would've been personal bankruptcy but one product led to another over time. Your customers will tell you what they will buy. The hardest things are avoiding distraction and starting in the first place. Don't be paralyzed trying to find perfection before you're willing start or you never will. Also, don't get drawn into "auditioning" for investors, just blaze your own trail, making sure that whatever you produce is something that people will pay for.