What I’ve learned from users

Re:What I’ve learned from users by JL-Akrasia on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @09:28AM (#32911389)

Caveat - The best type of mentors for founders are other founders. VCs, Incubators, are not optimal mentors, rather those are key folks to have in your pocket.

My suggestion for all founders - find a mentor who is a founder & builder.

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by halfjoking on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:33PM (#32915048)

Let's say you're one of the hundreds of thousands of solo devs/founders making some money - but less than $1000/month on your SaaS startup.

You don't want VC, you just want growth and the ability to do your startup full-time. Why would someone mentor you in that case? What's the benefit to them?

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by ghufran_syed on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @02:11PM (#32915649)

"paying it forward"? Getting personal satisfaction from helping others? E.g https://www.indiehackers.com/ ? I haven't spent a lot of time there but it seems to be a community of exactly the kind of founders you describe trying to help each other out.

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by tomjakubowski on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @06:11PM (#32918493)

Lots of people simply enjoy helping others when they can.

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by jeffshek on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @10:25AM (#32912066)

In defense of YC, many of them are previously founders of startups.

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by jedberg on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @12:41PM (#32914283)

Pretty much every YC partner is a founder and builder.

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Re:What I’ve learned from users by whiddershins on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @10:21AM (#32912014)

The article makes this point as well.

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