Re:Ask HN: How to start a successful side business
by akulbe on Friday August 05, 2016 @06:52PM
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"Successful" is so subjective. What metrics are you taking into consideration?
Find problems that businesses need solved, and put your skills to work coming up with a solution that will be valuable to customers.
Honestly, I think much of the problems with folks like us is that we are prone to "analysis paralysis". In other words, we think/research thing to death - and wait for circumstances to be just perfect, before we move on any of our ideas.
I'm not trying to downplay ideas and planning, but much of figuring out what to do comes with STARTING something, and seeing how it works. Then if/when something fails, you can iterate/pivot.
Find problems that businesses need solved, and put your skills to work coming up with a solution that will be valuable to customers.
Honestly, I think much of the problems with folks like us is that we are prone to "analysis paralysis". In other words, we think/research thing to death - and wait for circumstances to be just perfect, before we move on any of our ideas.
I'm not trying to downplay ideas and planning, but much of figuring out what to do comes with STARTING something, and seeing how it works. Then if/when something fails, you can iterate/pivot.