Brain dump of a wantrepreneur
Succeeding as an entrepreneur in tech (for the first time) is nearly impossible. It&#x27;s like winning the lottery. I don&#x27;t think that anyone who succeeds understands (or much less planned for) even a small fraction of all the factors which led them to this successful outcome.<p>Of course when you&#x27;ve succeeded once, doing it again is easy - It&#x27;s the first time that&#x27;s hard.<p>I think the author is right to be afraid of starting a new project.
Unless you know people who can fund you and&#x2F;or help you secure deals, there is no point in starting anything - It will fail; it doesn&#x27;t matter what the idea is, how smart you are or how hard you work.<p>Maybe intelligence and work ethics mattered 10 years ago but not today. Today they are practically worthless - Almost everyone is intelligent and hard working.<p>Start a project if you enjoy it, but don&#x27;t expect it to pay off ever - The reality is; it won&#x27;t.