Later we'll find it hard to believe that masked thugs were dragging people off the street at gunpoint. At least I hope we will, since the other alternative would be to decline into the kind of country where that's normal.
Don’t confuse “autonomy” with “freedom.”
Being a founder creates autonomy. Also fulfillment from ownership and an ability to capture upside potential.
The last thing you are, is free. Unless you have no customers or employees.
“I’m in stealth mode!”
Yeah, everyone always starts in stealth mode.
When you’re ready to “tell the world,” surprise! Almost no one cares.
It will take everything you have to get even a few people to notice.
So, maybe cool it with the stealth mode.
You can’t be college-level athlete without pain, sacrifice, will-power.
You won’t become a chess IM (not even GM) without the same.
You won’t be a great carpenter by reading about carpentry.
…but building a company you think is a balanced, pain-free lifestyle?
I hate regulation but …. hear me out on this one.
The US *must* make it illegal to show those stupid cookie popups all over the web.
We can’t allow the EU to export its stupid paternalistic pollution to us here in the land of freedom.
A thing that is causing huge pain at many tech companies in the US - with little talk about it:
An IRS tax code change in Section 174. This change eliminates the ability for businesses to deduct R&D as an expense.
Hear of lots of layoffs directly because of this, as a start.
The joy of building something is in the building.
The creating, solving the problems, the relief when you stop banging your head against the wall.
The end is often sad. A feeling of loss.
That’s why it’s about the building, not about the end.
https://t.co/4Z02E1UdDM
Just republished an article! 👇🏾
Is everyone is working very hard, all the time, and yet accomplishing 1/10th of what it seems they should? Maybe this is why.
Many thanks for pressing 🔁 and ❤️!
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If you want teenagers to become successful founders, have a contest to write the best computer game instead of a contest to invent the most plausible-sounding fake startup idea. And pick the winner by measuring which game their peers play the most.