How to start a startup:

1. Find an unsolved problem a lot of people have (way harder than it looks)

2. Have a unique insight (generally from personally living the problem)

3. Have the social capital to recruit talent and either have or raise money (takes years)

4. Stay ruthlessly focussed and ship fast for days/ weeks/months/years on end

or learn to code. that’s what the four square founders did. with llms you can get your prototype. there is 0 excuse. most apps look like crud apps, not density.io

its only gonna get harder.

i actually know very few great eng who were comp science. most studied english, econ and other majors.

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In my experience, most engineers underestimate how difficult it is to get distribution and growth. I would not recommend anyone who is good at distribution taking time away from that to learn how to code when there are already so many good engineers out there.