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Why have I failed?

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Re: Why have I failed?

#52
If part of your short list of failures legitimately includes not knowing not one but two separate MVC frameworks, then your actual short list of failures is, "Set out on a project without any concept of requirements or technical implementation," and that right there is reason enough.

Re: Why have I failed?

#53
post #34

dang, a lot of what he wrote resonate with me. the difference is, i've been meaning to ASK people here in HN for some advice regarding my project (i don't dare to call it startup yet), but been deferring it since i haven't translated my website in english. if i might add, for the Programming part: don't develop your startup with cool tech/language/framework you just heard yesterday. it's fun, but you'll get sidetrack…

Hey man, I've already written blog posts in english about a project in french, and people here on HN were really enthusiastic to share their comments, and I learnt a lot from it - so I think you've got nothing to lose. You don't need to translate your whole website in english, and you know, people can use google translate (not sure how it works for Bahasa Indonesia though ;-) )

hey tommy! thanks for the encouragement, let me clean some stuff first, expect to see my Show HN soon! i'm glad to be part of this community.

Re: Why have I failed?

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post #22

Funny, had you been more successful (by any definition), most of these comments would still be true. Successful people make many of the same mistakes you're citing here. I hate to paraphrase and respond to your entire post, but it was such an interesting one, so here goes... did not take care myself; emotionally and physically Yes! This must always be #1. As Vince Lombardi said, "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." If…

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