Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by Oompa » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:12 AM UTC

How many HN readers are working on a startup with someone else that reads HN?

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by alanthonyc » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:23 AM UTC

I've been an independent consultant for about a year and a half now. I've been working on my "startup" idea part time for a couple of months. My day job is in IT, but has little to do with my startup.

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by raffi » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:27 AM UTC

I'm full-time on my startup. I'm in my second (or third?) sprinting phase where I'm spending most of my waking hours working. I can't say this is healthy but I'm having fun in some sick way. http://www.afterthedeadline.com is me.

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by davidalln » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:32 AM UTC

I'm a high school student working on a startup in my spare time. I picked "part time", but with summer coming up...

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by timtrueman » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:35 AM UTC

oldgregg wrote: post #10

zain wrote: post #5

Approximately the same number as when this question was recently asked: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532814

Nooooo, there are a WHOLE lot more full-time people now. Meh. I suppose being terminated provides good incentive to go full time?

Heh. I wasn't terminated but as of a few days ago I started full time.

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by nostrademons » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:37 AM UTC

oldgregg wrote: post #10

zain wrote: post #5

Approximately the same number as when this question was recently asked: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532814

Nooooo, there are a WHOLE lot more full-time people now. Meh. I suppose being terminated provides good incentive to go full time?

Bodes well for innovation as a whole. Bodes poorly for each individual startup founder seeking his fortune after being laid off.

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by mahmud » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:46 AM UTC

effektz wrote: post #7

I've working on my 4th startup, hopefully this one will pan out better than the rest :P

You might be giving up on projects too soon, or you're not thinking hard about the market potential and income options.

It's hard to "start" a company, that's why it's better to keep all your resources and retool or specialize on a certain direction as the market dictates.

Or you might just be calling the wrong thing a "startup". Software developers might be prone to this error, thinking of any application project as a business (note the multitude of "iphone startups")

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by mahmud » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:48 AM UTC

timtrueman wrote: post #15

oldgregg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nooooo, there are a WHOLE lot more full-time people now. Meh. I suppose being terminated provides good incentive to go full time?

Heh. I wasn't terminated but as of a few days ago I started full time.

Welcome to the club, now bleed! :-P

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by Pascalzuta » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:49 AM UTC

Are you great at product development or online Marketing and want to take part in founding a company? Dm me twitter.com/pascalzuta

Re: Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

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Post by mlLK » Mon, May 18, 2009, 4:49 AM UTC

I'm curious as to how those individuals working on a startup full-time are able to support themselves without receiving any compensation. Are you simply a student going to school and this is a non-issue? Or are you working form some sort of financial cushion you saved up from your previous job?

More bluntly, how do you pay for rent and food?