I’ve been starting companies my whole career. My first real one was a software dev shop while in college, I sold it my senior year and dropped out. It wasn’t much of a financial success but it was more fun than typical college job. So sure, a success by my standards but not by most others.
My next one paid me a salary, but I had a falling out with my cofounder and sold my shares for very little to get away. Success? I felt like it, again, maybe externally.
Two duds after that, one I raised money for so I got paid a salary and I sold it to recoup most of investors money.
The one after that was a big hit: we grew to 50 employees, 8 figures in revenue and 9 figure exit.
I like to say: if I could find the perfect job, it’s much easier to work for someone else than start my own thing. But I have specific interests I want to chase so creating a company is my way to create the “perfect” job for myself. If you take this approach, it’s much more likely to be successful in your own eyes.
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I’ve been starting companies my whole career. My first real one was a software dev shop while in college, I sold it my senior year and dropped out. It wasn’t much of a financial success but it was more fun than typical college job. So sure, a success by my standards but not by most others.
My next one paid me a salary, but I had a falling out with my cofounder and sold my shares for very little to get away. Success? I felt like it, again, maybe externally.
Two duds after that, one I raised money for so I got paid a salary and I sold it to recoup most of investors money.
The one after that was a big hit: we grew to 50 employees, 8 figures in revenue and 9 figure exit.
I like to say: if I could find the perfect job, it’s much easier to work for someone else than start my own thing. But I have specific interests I want to chase so creating a company is my way to create the “perfect” job for myself. If you take this approach, it’s much more likely to be successful in your own eyes.