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Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by volkk on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:43PM (#34432807)
or, someone will simply start your idea (assuming it's original and good) and be first to market. lots more nuances around first to market, but PG has a point. there's no right answer and it's all personal, but if you do have an awesome idea, and it makes sense financially for you, then there's no point in waiting X years. you're just throwing those years out. worst case, what, you get rejected from funding because of a grim financial future? it's still extremely valuable spending that time building your project and getting that awesome experience of pitching/getting rejected.

there's always an optimistic take to everything and a pessimistic one. if you're always taking the wait and see approach, chances are you're not going to do anything later, either. be somebody who does things and doesn't just sit around dreaming and waiting (like me)

Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by mrbgty on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:54PM (#34432933)
eh, even original and good ideas aren't that valuable. Sometimes an individual can get lucky with a gimmick but a sustainable business is usually successful when a team of great people are both having and executing on good ideas on a daily basis - and still needs luck.
Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by volkk on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:00PM (#34444852)
yep. further proving my point that building such a team equals time. and you need to start asap to do something like that, not just sit around wasting valuable years of your life
Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by TruthShare on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:46PM (#34432844)
And if this happens you switch jobs to the newly funded company and rest and vest. No shame in this game either.
Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by aerosmile on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:49PM (#34432881)
Any startup that will hire someone focused on resting and vesting hasn't figured out their hiring, which is a 100% indication that the vesting is not going to be valuable.
Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by awill88 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:27PM (#34433331)
Or maybe they wouldn’t know if they did? Are we pretending we’re all mind readers?
Re:Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) by birdyrooster on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:00PM (#34433001)
Any startup that has a business model which cannot accommodate the incumbent work culture hasn't figured out their business model, which is 100% indication that the vesting is not going to be valuable.