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But he encountered exactly zero people who pulled it off. Then he didn't talk to enough people. I know plenty who have pulled it off. In fact, when it comes
by edw519 17y ago
But he encountered exactly zero people who pulled it off.
Then he didn't talk to enough people. I know plenty who have pulled it off.
In fact, when it comes to starting a business, prior domain experience is a huge plus. We like to romanticize the legend of 2 young people starting the next big thing in their dorm room.
But a more likely scenario would be a few people with 10 years experience sick and tired of conventional industry practices who have figured out a better way to satisfy the market. It's so hard to do it from within that they go out on their own.
- zasz 17y agoActually, you're right. One of my favorite webcomic writers has been toiling away in advertising for many years, and now he's finally abandoning all his writing side projects to focus on his novel. It would have been pretty irresponsible of him to do that without a financial cushion from doing advertising, since he has a family. And he need to practice on his free side projects first before producing a novel anyway.