Thank you! I also enjoy your writing, especially about anti-mimetic behavior, its influenced my thinking quite a bit (but hopefully I'm not mimic'ing!)
I appreciate the sentiment of this post. I have been running such a startup for 17 years now: solving a very real problem with a very ambitious technology. Here's the question: how do you eat? how do you pay the rent? I had to not go to the dentist for 4.5 years; that had real consequences for my teeth. What solution do you propose other than getting some kind of funding?
Great point. I've been thinking about this comment for a while which is why I was slow to get back to you. I think the reality is that for many people, its not possible to only work full time on their idea without outside funding. So finding other ways of financing your work is important, such as another part time job for example. You may sacrifice growth in the short run, but if you're after a long term sustainable business, it may not be a bad tradeoff to make if it can help you pay the bills while you slowly build. Also, the stark truth is that many ideas might not get big enough to be self sustainable for someone to live off of them. Its your job as an entrepreneur to figure out whether it can be a self sustaining business or more of a side project that makes some money. Not an easy task I realize, wishing you luck and strength on your journey!
I enjoy your reflections and writing style 🔥
Thanks Janae!
I enjoyed this post very much
Thank you! I also enjoy your writing, especially about anti-mimetic behavior, its influenced my thinking quite a bit (but hopefully I'm not mimic'ing!)
I appreciate the sentiment of this post. I have been running such a startup for 17 years now: solving a very real problem with a very ambitious technology. Here's the question: how do you eat? how do you pay the rent? I had to not go to the dentist for 4.5 years; that had real consequences for my teeth. What solution do you propose other than getting some kind of funding?
Great point. I've been thinking about this comment for a while which is why I was slow to get back to you. I think the reality is that for many people, its not possible to only work full time on their idea without outside funding. So finding other ways of financing your work is important, such as another part time job for example. You may sacrifice growth in the short run, but if you're after a long term sustainable business, it may not be a bad tradeoff to make if it can help you pay the bills while you slowly build. Also, the stark truth is that many ideas might not get big enough to be self sustainable for someone to live off of them. Its your job as an entrepreneur to figure out whether it can be a self sustaining business or more of a side project that makes some money. Not an easy task I realize, wishing you luck and strength on your journey!
For this we need a change in epistemology that starts with the problem. Right now our biggest problem as humanity is our corrupted systems.
We solve that with better systems. https://joshketry.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-corrupt-government-in