Ask HN: Successful entrepreneurs and indie hackers, enlighten me
3 pointsby markosn8 hours ago4 comments
  • inthepond2 hours ago
    I see entrepreneurship as a combination of recognition and mess around. I had an idea back in time to transform transitional medicine and treatment methods into a smart watch app with no funding and no team. I am doing this for culture preservation, and I want some money too. It turned out ok. I got myself through the first year with many interviews, top rankings... and was all smashed by venture-backed copycats. So now, I am messing around somewhere else. It's good to stay agile and sensitive to what's happening around you and the world, and you will find the thing you want to commit and build up.
  • KomoD8 hours ago
    > 5. Do you feel like you'd be better off studying something else at university, if applicable?

    I'm not sure why they'd feel that when they're already successful?

    • markosn7 hours ago
      I'm not sure how much university actually contributes to one's success and some might be self-taught, but certainly the people you are surrounded with and work with (which is often at university) do for sure. I was wondering what people's thoughts on university, especially engineering degrees are.
  • mvsingh3 hours ago
    you will find lots of amazing insights from real experiences here

    https://360foundersguide.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_...

    good luck!!

  • brudgers7 hours ago
    I'm curious about where your best idea(s) came

    Ideas multiply execution.

    https://sive.rs/multiply

    Doing is more important than thinking and sometimes doing means you not only empty the trash can, but carry it to the dumpster and jump up and down in a full dumpster so your trash will fit.

    Or to put it another way, working is more important than avoiding work. Because working is the only way work gets done. Good luck.