Hey aminuit The post isn't especially self-congratulating. Actually it's almost the contrary... Hard work is hard, whether you're a pin pusher, an agile railer or biz guy trying to make it. The idea behind the post is especially this: we are ordinary man facing ordinary (hard) challenges, and it's meant as a reminder for aspiring entrepreneurs who only see the bright techcrunch-like side of the coin. Thoughts?
Hey Chris, I'm the author. That was exactly the point, fed up of reading the "it's fantastic, we rock !!" posts. So just an honest feedback on our first 6 months on my 3rd startup ....
Hey Edward, We're at v2, or stage 2. Hacked a small prototype to test user feedback, spoke to potential clients to get their "reception" to the idea, built it ourselves, ... And then and only then, when it passed these tests we went "serious".
But you're right on on all your point indeed !
Hi Axod, Yes, it's down to planning and foreseeing, true. And there's two reason I wrote that post like this: 1) to poke the bear, and specifically address the young aspiring entrepreneurs who only read about the good side of it. 2) not hiring, doing consulting on the side, not getting investment is a great way to go, the 37 signals way. we chose the other alternative to get where we wanna go faster. future will tell if we were right :))
Anyway thx for the comment, and finger crossed for the sept release :)