Ask HN: Starting a company is
I'm curious to hear what are the different emotions and thoughts people have on starting a company. Starting a company is scary? Starting a company is the best decision I ever made? Starting a company is exciting?
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So far for me it is a roller coaster ride of:
- "Is what I'm making even useful?"
- "People are going to love this!"
- "Am I just joining an already crowded market?"
- "Oh crap my assumptions are totally off."
- "I'm going to take so many users away from my competitors!"
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Don't underestimate the value of a good support group to keep you focused on why you set out for this in the first place.
- "Is what I'm making even useful?"
- "People are going to love this!"
- "Am I just joining an already crowded market?"
- "Oh crap my assumptions are totally off."
- "I'm going to take so many users away from my competitors!"
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Don't underestimate the value of a good support group to keep you focused on why you set out for this in the first place.
Not to forget the classic (once your development is 90% done) "I just found the exact same product on google, they already have launched and look way bigger than me"
Harder and, actuarially, less rewarding than working for a good established company.
Deceptively disempowering.
Deceptively disempowering.
Starting a company is feeling alive on many levels I haven't before. Or at least not in a while.
If you are working, it is like a parrot getting free from its aviary.