I like reading about startups but I like building things more. I started my first serious attempt a week or so back and aim to get a scrappy release in peoples hands within the next 2~3 weeks. It'll lack a lot, but hopefully it'll give me a foothold to build other things.
Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#12Before you build an application, you need to learn how to build it.
Starting a startup requires much knowledge, not very much, but reading a lot, can help you avoid mistakes other had made when they started their startup.
Reading intensively can be unuseful, because you'll forget what you have read.
So make a plan, read about the things you planed to do. Don't be shy to ask the community, sometimes you'll get downvoted, but a time you'll get a gold comment, that have important information that may change your startup.
Planning is the most important, not to loose time. Some courage and START!
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#13It's Saturday morning here in the UK. I can barely see because my eyes are suffering the ill effects of a hard day of coding on my start-up yesterday. I should be in bed. Or I should be outside enjoying the sun. Or giving my wife some attention. Instead, I am damaging my eyes even more, by being here. Yes, I do love reading about startups. More than doing one? Nah. That's a bit like loving women but not doing one...
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#14I'm 17 and hoping that I don't make the mistakes that others did and reinvent the wheel. So, currently, reading lots.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#15It's Saturday morning here in the UK. I can barely see because my eyes are suffering the ill effects of a hard day of coding on my start-up yesterday. I should be in bed. Or I should be outside enjoying the sun. Or giving my wife some attention. Instead, I am damaging my eyes even more, by being here. Yes, I do love reading about startups. More than doing one? Nah. That's a bit like loving women but not doing one...
That last sentence was a bit crude, no?
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#16Expose oneself to varying degrees of ideas, problems, and solutions. Read to question. Mistakes are important for progress, all the planning in world isn't going to help. Get your hands dirty, work on a project that matters to self no matter how small or unimportant it may be to the outside world.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#17It's Saturday morning here in the UK. I can barely see because my eyes are suffering the ill effects of a hard day of coding on my start-up yesterday. I should be in bed. Or I should be outside enjoying the sun. Or giving my wife some attention. Instead, I am damaging my eyes even more, by being here. Yes, I do love reading about startups. More than doing one? Nah. That's a bit like loving women but not doing one...
Yes it was, but I am sure in his mind he was deciding between that and "That's a bit like loving women but never being in a relationship with one". Considering his sleep-deprived state, I would let it slide ;)
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#18It's Saturday morning here in the UK. I can barely see because my eyes are suffering the ill effects of a hard day of coding on my start-up yesterday. I should be in bed. Or I should be outside enjoying the sun. Or giving my wife some attention. Instead, I am damaging my eyes even more, by being here. Yes, I do love reading about startups. More than doing one? Nah. That's a bit like loving women but not doing one...
Twas a pun! Albeit a rude one!
Re: Ask HN: Do you like reading about startups more than doing one?
#19I am generally not interested in startups. I come to hacker news for the interesting articles and the high quality of the comments generated by the intelligent and diverse community here.