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

Building IRL community at scale on River https://getriver.io (backed by @balajis.eth & @solanafoundation) | For fun:🚴🏻‍♀️💃🏻

Probably sitting on a stool | Shower thinker | Collaborative Worldbuilding | Community Games

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Agreed - I was able to build a prototype for free because I had a network of engineers who trusted me (I don’t write code)

#3 is a good point. Building social capital/social proof is an underrated aspect of this formula. Thomas Edison may not have been the first to invent the light bulb, but his reputation and network helped him make a commercially viable one.

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.

software artist | building /outpaint | ex: @coinbase ex: bisontrails | seeker of the flow state

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.

0. decide that work life balance is a meme

Well I'm fucked on point 3 but I made $14 trading shitcoins so at least I have that going for me.

That's a good start, I would add, stay focused and iterate quickly