Re:An experiment: Can desperation drive success?
by rizzom5000 on Thursday October 11, 2012 @11:30PM
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Might want to check that math: mine is 168 - 60 - (7x8) = 52 hours left.
And 52 - 7 - 14 = 31. Between eating, shopping, commuting and other errands, that leaves me about an hour (two if I'm lucky) a day to catch up on reading/'other research' etc.
In any case, your post is really focused on 'good ideas', which is all well and good if you have one -- but had you taken that stats class in college, I think you'd find a preponderance of evidence to support the notion that successful execution of the the idea is a more important factor than having the idea. Neither Pinterest nor AirBnB are unique or exciting ideas - and where the rubber meets the road, it's also extremely unlikely that either are worth anywhere near 1B. Have you seen the Facebook/Zynga/etc. stock prices lately?
Re:An experiment: Can desperation drive success?
by ph0rque on Thursday October 11, 2012 @09:11PM
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Hopefully your SO knows that they only have 2 hours per day of your time...
Re:An experiment: Can desperation drive success?
by Xcelerate on Friday October 12, 2012 @12:13AM
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Huh, it took me a while to realize you meant "significant other". I was thinking "stack overflow" but that didn't fit the context well...
Re:An experiment: Can desperation drive success?
by markyc on Friday October 12, 2012 @01:58AM
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ahhaahahaa!
man.. we're such geeks
Re:An experiment: Can desperation drive success?
by afaict on Friday October 12, 2012 @06:22AM
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Suggestion: combine with another little experiment… http://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-sex/
Should make your desperation (& success) even better.
If it cuts into my ability to work at my startup, I'll stop immediately as that's my #1 priority. You'll be surprised though that even putting in 60 hrs a week into a startup, exercising and having a significant other, if you work efficiently you still have time left. (168 hrs in a week - 60 - 8 hrs a day for sleep = 62 free hrs left. 1 hr a day for exercising and 2 hrs a day for an SO leaves 41 hrs left. )
But really though, I don't know. This might turn into a lesson about how distracting side projects can be while running a startup. Or how to optimize your time more efficiently. Or even how to run a bad experiment. If this turns out to be a really bad idea, I'll learn from it, share it with you guys and move on.
Thanks for watching out for me though. I appreciate your concern.