First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs: Stop F*cking Around
Some of this is good, but I don't really like this particular bit:<p><i>Think about the opportunity cost here. You could be off making six figures but you decided to swing for the fences with your startup. That takes guts. So why would you slack off and waste time?</i><p>Maybe you didn't leave the 6-figure job solely to "swing for the fences", but also because you wanted a different lifestyle? I know "lifestyle businesses" are perennially unpopular in parts of SV, but part of the whole <i>point</i> of being your own boss is that you really can choose to, say, spend 10% of your workweek attending meetups, <i>even if</i> it doesn't produce a monetary ROI, and you don't have to justify it to your employer. One thing I do agree with in that regard is that it's worth making sure you aren't doing things just because they feel productive, but really aren't, which endless meetings can sometimes fall into. But, participating in interesting communities and culture can be worth its own opportunity-cost price of admission.