Re:Climbing the wrong hill (2009)
by pipio21 on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:34AM
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As founder of several companies myself I always recommend people NOT to start startups. I will help or mentor them if they are really interested. Really interested people will do it anyway.
It looks today like everybody and their dog have to make a company, but first you need to have a very strong conviction that the world needs something that you provide. Starting a company is going to be very hard at first, specially when you are trained by school that effort always rewards you with results and you need a very strong force behind you to be able to face the difficulties.
The great shock is for great students that are used to have good grades or have a great job but in real startup life they struggle. In a company they will succeed but on their own they will depress and enter a death spiral. It is hard for them, for their partners, for their parents, even for their mentors.
You need a totally different set of skills than in a normal job, like the ability to manage yourself, manage risks, made decisions,make investments, choose your people, understand markets, creativity or selling yourself in front of others.
It looks today like everybody and their dog have to make a company, but first you need to have a very strong conviction that the world needs something that you provide. Starting a company is going to be very hard at first, specially when you are trained by school that effort always rewards you with results and you need a very strong force behind you to be able to face the difficulties.
The great shock is for great students that are used to have good grades or have a great job but in real startup life they struggle. In a company they will succeed but on their own they will depress and enter a death spiral. It is hard for them, for their partners, for their parents, even for their mentors.
You need a totally different set of skills than in a normal job, like the ability to manage yourself, manage risks, made decisions,make investments, choose your people, understand markets, creativity or selling yourself in front of others.