The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
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The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
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Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#2Reminds me of "Doppler" by Erlend Loe :)
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#4Wow, props for going "all the way".
I have to wonder though, is this a wise choice? If the product alone, e.g. the code, is what drives investment it surely is.. But I would guess that's only one of many factors. People are scared away from others that are too different when it comes to things like behaviour and clothing.
How long can he live in the forest before he's too "weird" to make meaningful connections to customers and investors? My guess is 2 days =/
Unless you're running a b2c SaaS, this might not be a good idea.
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#5But what about wi-fi? Even if his thing doesn't require Internet, still, no Stackoverflow?
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#6But what about wi-fi? Even if his thing doesn't require Internet, still, no Stackoverflow?
Apparently Swedish forests have 3G coverage.
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#7But what about wi-fi? Even if his thing doesn't require Internet, still, no Stackoverflow?
In his first post (http://thomasbacklund.com/2013/03/lean-startup/) he mentions some of the tools he's bringing with him. This includes mobile broadband.
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#8But what about wi-fi? Even if his thing doesn't require Internet, still, no Stackoverflow?
Surely there's 3G, 4G or whatever coverage? The forest is probably pretty close to Stockholm
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#9Wow, props for going "all the way". I have to wonder though, is this a wise choice? If the product alone, e.g. the code, is what drives investment it surely is.. But I would guess that's only one of many factors. People are scared away from others that are too different when it comes to things like behaviour and clothing. How long can he live in the forest before he's too "weird" to make meaningful connections to cus…
He does say "until my startup takes off". I don't think this is really that much different from the kid who kept sneaking into a big corp's office (was it YCombinator?) and sleeping under a table in a sleeping bag until he got caught.
He's also wisely doing this during a Swedish summer, where the daylight hours are so extreme that everyone's behaviour changes anyway (well, that's what we get here in England anyhow….)
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#10The food poisoning reminded me of "Into The Wild"