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Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by brainless »

akuji1993 wrote: post #107
brainless wrote: post #98

I have been a wantrepreneur for a very long time. Like yourself I have tried and failed multiple ideas. I have worked with about 10 startups (including some my own). I know (and have had honest reflections from others) that I have caliber to work things out. But I have realized the biggest issue is lack of perseverance - I jump ideas too often. Any idea (unless I am super lucky) will need years of patient hand holdin…

On your page, there is a mistake (Setember). Also you should probably switch the standard React favicon to your own one.

Thanks for pointing these two out. It is strange that the spelling error persists, some cache issue. Will fix them. Thanks a lot :)

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by tonyarkles »

glangdale wrote: post #104

I have met a few people who are determined to be entrepreneurs and don't seem all that picky about the content of their entrepreneurship. It doesn't seem like all that great a path. IMO it's a bit of a cliche, but you should find an idea that you're passionate about (that's also a plausible business plan, naturally :-) ) and follow it. Deciding you want to be an entrepreneur first, then casting around for ideas, seem…

I’ve seen this go both ways, and I find it really interesting. I’m, personally, solidly in the “passion” camp. I’ve got a few friends though where “building the business” is the passion for them, and what the particular business is doesn’t matter all that much. Seeing the business grow and knowing that they’ve got staff that they’re providing a good life for... that seems to be enough for them, even if they’re not particularly passionate about the specific businesses.

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by akuji1993 »

brainless wrote: post #111
akuji1993 wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On your page, there is a mistake (Setember). Also you should probably switch the standard React favicon to your own one.

Thanks for pointing these two out. It is strange that the spelling error persists, some cache issue. Will fix them. Thanks a lot :)

You're welcome. Just some things that immediately caught my eye.

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by zubairq »

Thriptic wrote: post #33

Get domain expertise in something other than programming and make things to solve real business problems for people that aren't technical. Alternatively, partner with people who aren't technical. There are a million developers working on programming tools / knowledge aggregators and very few are ever successful because the community wants everything to be FOSS and they won't pay you. Far fewer people are working on a…

This is the best advice I found in the whole thread. Yes, devs don't generally buy from devs, but other fields have a lot of things that need fixing.

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by brainless »

TomK32 wrote: post #108
brainless wrote: post #98

I have been a wantrepreneur for a very long time. Like yourself I have tried and failed multiple ideas. I have worked with about 10 startups (including some my own). I know (and have had honest reflections from others) that I have caliber to work things out. But I have realized the biggest issue is lack of perseverance - I jump ideas too often. Any idea (unless I am super lucky) will need years of patient hand holdin…

I'd love to subscribe to a newsletter but didn't see one. Sure twitter is nice and I use it a lot, but you have to be one more channels.

Thank you for asking for this. We actually want to add this, but are waiting to see if people actually ask for it.

We will add a subscription from our next article (in a couple weeks).

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by dejv »

First, it is just very hard to make money from ad/donation supported niche content sites. I am running few sites like this for half decade and my income is basical half of what it was last year every year, even with 20%/year increase of traffic. It basically went from being able to pay my mortgage to paying for nice dinner each month.

I like what is described as The Stairstep Approach: https://robwalling.com/2015/03/26/the-stairstep-approach-to-...

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by duiker101 »

keeptrying wrote: post #9

I've seen Mark Cuban use "wannapreneur" many times on his show and I've heard others use this term. I spent a good week trying to figure out what they meant because the term never seemed to correlate to the size of the success of the pitch they were hearing. At one point someone came in who has built some kind of underwater propulsion device which was the culmination of 3 years of work. He had a pretty polished proto…

Out of curiosity, what show are you referring to?

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by keeptrying »

hazz99 wrote: post #87
exikyut wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are your ideas (generically speaking)?

An events app which allows you to subscribe to venues for cheaper. Various things like consistent cashflow/breakage go into making to cheaper. I have the design and developing chops, it's the customer development & validation part I'm bad at. I really need to talk to businesses before I make it, but I'm always apprehensive about actually doing so. But now this thread has convinced me. After exams, I'm going to send s…

After your first few times it’ll be second nature.

Be very respectful in asking for time and how you use their time. Give a $20 amazon gift card for their time.

Re: Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur?

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Post by saudioger »

someguydave wrote: post #84
keeptrying wrote: post #9

I've seen Mark Cuban use "wannapreneur" many times on his show and I've heard others use this term. I spent a good week trying to figure out what they meant because the term never seemed to correlate to the size of the success of the pitch they were hearing. At one point someone came in who has built some kind of underwater propulsion device which was the culmination of 3 years of work. He had a pretty polished proto…

So, basically "real" entrepreneurs are salesmen?

you're asking this question in a thread about Mark Cuban... yes, 100% salespeople
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