I’ve officially been attempting to get a startup off the ground - working full time on it. And wow-o-wow. Have we made a lot of mistakes, or have we made a lot of mistakes?
I intend to document most of them in hopes that you’ll find some of the information useful. I wish we had a network to leverage during the earliest of days to help us through some of the difficulties faced - but it’s hard when you leave the cradle of security for the first time, and you don’t know where to turn. Once I’ve caught up and written about the many mistakes we’ve made, I’ll continue to write about them prospectively.
I shouldn’t sell myself short just yet either. Things are looking bright for our startup. Very bright. We’ve often been nimble and doubled-back quickly after making certain missteps, and we managed to keep ourselves alive after proceeding a bit too far down one particularly explosive path. From time to time, our first instincts proved to be correct, decisions categorized under “dumb blind luck” really, that validated themselves in interesting ways - I can’t wait to write about those as well.
FYI: It’s been nearly one year since I’ve stopped working for the man. I feel liberated living in this strange alternate universe. I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had. I’m meeting other first-time entrepreneurs, C levels and founders in early stage companies, and every now and again, I’ll even cross paths with someone who’s walked the walk all the way to a successful exit. I’ll try to get some of them to post here as well, so you get more substance than just my naive musings and poor prose.
Stay tuned!