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I am done. I give up

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Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by KptMarchewa »

dkga wrote: post #371
jliptzin wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked up taxation in Norway, it looks very similar to ours. Personal marginal tax rates cap at 48% and corporate taxes are 23%. What am I missing? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Norway

It has nothing to do with taxation - or else the Arab Gulf or Cayman Islands would be entrepreneurial hubs, not California or the Toronto area. It’s all about the price of quality labour. It’s about access to long-term risk capital (aka venture funds) + high quality labour at affordable prices. As in, entrepreneurs having cash to fund projects and being able to actually hire people that will help build them. Try hiri…

You can get 100s of SWE in Poland (or Ukraine pre-war) way cheaper than US, yet extreme cases of tech startups like FAANGs will never happen because market is too small.

Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by bumby »

kolbe wrote: post #572
bumby wrote: post #556

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please review the HN Guidelines before commenting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Says the person who attacked a commenter for being "privileged." I'm just helping defend him against your irrelevant accusations of privilege (even though you know nothing about him) while he's attempting to discuss ways to become successful without being a trust funder. He has given us a very helpful and insightful perspective, and since you cannot add to his useful discussion, you instead interrupt by him being the…

Nobody was "attacked". Saying that having specific options that aren't afforded to everyone is an acknowledgement that neither negates their point or is an attack on a person. It is, as you say, adding to the perspective, based exclusively on what they said; I'm not jumping to conclusions as you allude. Contrast that to your snarky reply. The fact that you thought that comment was an attack demonstrates a lack of the HN guideline to read the strongest possible interpretation and avoid snark. Your approach is not conducive to discourse.

Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by renewedrebecca »

I hope you're ok, and I hope you find peace. More importantly, I hope you take to heart that so much in life really is luck of the draw. Even people who have everything together still fail. I know it may sound silly but the Picard quote is still true. You can do everything right and still lose. It's not a weakness, it's life.

Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by g051051 »

> It's also the constant stream of digital nomad influencers on Twitter who sell extremely distorted, rosy, and often times false dreams to indie entrepreneurs like myself.

Good lord, why on earth would you pay any attention to these people? I can barely type "digital nomad influencer" without laughing. Have you never heard of survivorship bias?

Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by moneywoes »

thealchemistdev wrote: post #431
Archipelagia wrote: post #323

This might sound a bit assholish, but I'm writing this to hopefully help others spot a crucial mistake: Did you have anyone on your team with actual skill in sales or marketing? Because from your post it seems you tried the same channels that everyone else does (writing blog, engaging on Twitter, setting up ProductHunt launch) without any specific strategy for how to succeed. And this stuff is hard! There's a reason…

I 100% agree. I've been hacking away at my project for about 5 years, and it went absolutely nowhere until I found my co-founder. In a span of 4 months, she quadrupled the eyes on our product in comparison to what I was able to before our meeting. Sales & Marketing is just as complex as the tech stack. Yes, we techs can learn that side of the fence, but it takes a bit of humility to recognize that it'll come at a cos…

What levers did she implement?

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Post by pkd »

MLH6ft1 wrote: post #291

Dude at least tell us what you were working on? I mean there is zero context to this post. How am I to process the fact your product got zero sign ups when you haven't even mentioned what it is. "Don't make the same mistakes I did", what mistakes have you even highlighted here (and I mean mistakes related to your product and not the fact that you fell for the honey trap posts' of social media influencers)???? 257 com…

What an incredibly bad response. Plus it seems like your own account was created today? Please be kind.

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Post by axegon_ »

rvba wrote: post #331
axegon_ wrote: post #190

I feel you. I'm gonna be honest, I've lost count of my attempts(solo or with others) for a course of 12 years. 2 years ago I completely gave up. This isn't an endeavor that anyone can take. Some of us are not built for it. As strange as it may sound, this is something best suited for people who are average at most related fields (marketing, sales and development) with slightly above average skills in one area. If you…

If your startups kept failing for 12 years, where did you get money for food and rent?

Daily job: apart from it I have plenty of time on my hands: wfh, no family or kids, my diet strictly utilitarian(the most complicated meal I make is an omelette which takes less than 3 minutes), I am incapable of sleeping for over 6 hours/day. I've always had at least 6-7 hours a day to dedicate to whatever I want to do(usually more).

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Post by s3000 »

serverholic wrote: post #509
yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #474

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the likely financial outcome were the same between making music and writing software for banks or insurance companies, I sure as hell wouldn't go anywhere near a computer. Do you think people do Office Space style work out of the goodness of their own hearts? > That’s frankly ridiculous. The feeling is mutual.

Uh, have you heard of open source software? The world is full of software that people built because it’s interesting and/or useful. Linux for example was created as a hobby project during college. People love to create. Just because YOU wouldn’t touch software doesn’t mean it’s true for everyone.

You are not fully arguing his point:

>writing software for banks or insurance companies

Look at Gimp. It's the software that people like to write but not the one designers like to use.

There was this submission: 'Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?' [1]. With Mastodon, people create a social network, but one that is unnecessarily inefficient. Why hasn't that submission led to a better social network?

Ford is quoted with saying: 'People would have asked for faster horses'.

How do you give the people with new ideas the power to implement them?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999296

Re: I am done. I give up

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Post by Hendrikto »

TL;DR

> constant stream of digital nomad influencers on Twitter who sell extremely distorted, rosy, and often times false dreams to indie entrepreneurs like myself. They make it seem like building a successful startup is easy and anyone can do it with the right mindset and a few key tips. But the reality is that it's not that simple. It's fucking hard and it takes more than just a positive attitude to make it.

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