Categories: Entrepreneurship

Why not to do a startup?

A well written article by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Netscape) on startups. Few points from the article,

  • Most importantly, realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything you have ever experienced.
  • In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.
  • Hiring is a huge pain in the ass.
  • God help you, at some point you’re going to have to hire executives.
  • The hours.
  • There are lots of X factors that can come along and whup you right upside the head, and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about them……More

I strongly believe one shouldn’t do a startup if they don’t have the passion for the product they are working on. Doing a startup for “valuations” will never work. We should just concentrate on building a good product and everything else will follow on its own (fame, money and most importantly ‘satisfaction’).

BG Mahesh

Internet application ideator and implementor. Been there and done that since early 1990s. I like to present data to the common man in the simplest manner on the internet.

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