Nothing beats just getting down and building something end to end. As you do it more and more, you get better and faster.
I just came up with an analogy of trying to be successful at startup:
Imagine someone who is just born in prehistoric rugged terrain who wants to reach some magical place. You don't know even how to crawl. There is some food and clues all over the place about how to reach the magical place. You have a magic button which can take you to slave house (corporate life). You could potentially come back from Corporate life to the startup life, but you would be bruised and would have picked bad skills which you know needs to forget.
You immediate focus should be gaining skills and pace. You will start by learning to crawl, walk, jump, climb, track your path, get better instincts, find food, look for clues, follow clues.
With more tries, you will get better at these. You will be better at navigating the terrain. You will get better heuristics which will determine your success.
Many time either people looking for a magic solution. This is equivalent to someone in this situation thinking if they can roll downhill and hope to be within crawling space of the magical space. It doesn't work that way. Some people do get lucky but most don't.
Any many times people are procrastinating. Which is like someone waiting at the edge of this magical world figuring out whether to make a plunge.
Just get started. You will figure out along the way. Make sure you have a good plan on health and finances!
> You immediate focus should be gaining skills and pace. You will start by learning to crawl, walk, jump, climb, track your path, get better instincts, find food, look for clues, follow clues.
RE my earlier question I’d really appreciate it if you could provide more insight into this.
So far I’ve been building MVPs in Django ( quick and easy) CRUD mainly, trying to improve copy writing, building better communication skills ( being more succinct), learning about SEO ( evergreen for marketing) and building paid marketing campaigns through FB. What else would you suggest?
I feel that it's better to learn skills as a part of getting traction vs try to acquire skills in vacuum.
So have a razor sharp focus on building and adoption. If things are going great then cool. If not, introspect and seek advice till you figure out how to make progress. You will acquire skills along the way.
There is no magic bullet. Naval said that for success you need Product, Market, Founder fit. I would suggest go through his podcast "How to get rich".
I just came up with an analogy of trying to be successful at startup: Imagine someone who is just born in prehistoric rugged terrain who wants to reach some magical place. You don't know even how to crawl. There is some food and clues all over the place about how to reach the magical place. You have a magic button which can take you to slave house (corporate life). You could potentially come back from Corporate life to the startup life, but you would be bruised and would have picked bad skills which you know needs to forget.
You immediate focus should be gaining skills and pace. You will start by learning to crawl, walk, jump, climb, track your path, get better instincts, find food, look for clues, follow clues.
With more tries, you will get better at these. You will be better at navigating the terrain. You will get better heuristics which will determine your success.
Many time either people looking for a magic solution. This is equivalent to someone in this situation thinking if they can roll downhill and hope to be within crawling space of the magical space. It doesn't work that way. Some people do get lucky but most don't.
Any many times people are procrastinating. Which is like someone waiting at the edge of this magical world figuring out whether to make a plunge.
Just get started. You will figure out along the way. Make sure you have a good plan on health and finances!