Paul Buchheit: My startup path

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by paul • 19 years ago

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danielha• 19 years ago

"You don't need to have it all figured out right now. The important thing is to keep moving forward. Seek opportunities to learn or try something new, something with uncertain outcomes."

I liked that part. Working in startups is exciting and starting one is even more exhilarating. For years, I've always been interested in pursuing a startup, but it was more recently that I decided/discovered that there is nothing else I could do that would leave me satisfied.

On another note, I just recently finished reading your interview in Jessica's book. Good luck on that next adventure of yours; I'll be interested to see what you're going to be up to.

Terhorst• 19 years ago

What he said really struck home with me, too.

"If you're interested in startups, don't sit around waiting for the perfect opportunity, just go find one that sounds interesting [...] The startup will probably fail, but you will succeed because you have learned a lot more than you otherwise would have."

It's exactly what I've heard so many successful people say.

The startup path is a scary one for me, but spending my life as a "worker bee" is even more scary somehow...

davidw• 19 years ago

Reading 'Founders at work', so far his story is the one that most clicks with me. I'm a technical guy, so I really understand having lots of varied projects going on. The more difficult part is focusing on one single product.

jamongkad• 19 years ago

Tell me about it....being a technical guy myself it's quite fun and interesting to get into projects that really catch your interest. The hard part is to translate those projects into something that users want. Cuz really do users give a crap about how cool SIP(Session Initialization Protocol) is? and what are it's implications for the mobile telecommunications industry. haha

Paul Buchheit: My startup path

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