Ask HN: Why don't more entrepreneurs focus on lifestyle businesses?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't more entrepreneurs focus on lifestyle b... by mattmanser on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:26PM (#16908053)

There's a whole sub culture around it that has been on Hacker News for a decade.

Go look up people like Basecamp/37 signals/DHH and Amy Hoy/Stacking the bricks. Loads of articles about bootstrapping. Another one who wrote about this a lot was Buffer, but they changed their tune and took funding.

There's just less entrepreneur stories these days on HN so you don't see much about it, to me HN has shifted its focus these last few years from starting businesses in tech to tech company news and programming.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't more entrepreneurs focus on lifestyle b... by DataDisciple on Monday April 23, 2018 @08:19PM (#16908724)

Thanks, I'll take a look. Funny that the stories have changed so much. I feel like its never been easier to start a company. Perhaps comp is so high that most folks have no incentive to leave BigTechCo.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't more entrepreneurs focus on lifestyle b... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:21AM (#16910050)

Big Tech is more visible precisely because it's big. But everything I have read suggests it is the tip of the iceberg. The majority of businesses are small and fly below the radar, so to speak.

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