Thanks for the compliment. My intent of writing down my own experience is not to come up with a cookbook for success, but rather trying to lay the framework for more discussion. I think in the end, there is no guarantee for success. But I believe there are things that we can do to maximize our chance of success (or minimizing suffering of others).

If one think of a startup as a transducer which converts energy of one form into energy of another, then figuring out how to match the impedance of the two medium should be the key. And of course the condition for optimal impedance matching exist when there is a resonance, not when there is a dissonance.

The discovery of such resonances is worth a lifetime of experimentation. Good luck.

–Denny–

I do not disagree with your comment.

I guess the bigger point that I am trying to make is that entrepreneur has two sets of responsibilities, one to self and one to others.

As an individual, I am obviously not motivated solely by money. Money is important but it is not the most important. I got up at 6:15 am this morning (as in most mornings) wanting to make a positive contribution to the World. But that’s a private thing. And if we don’t have this level of aspiration, we couldn’t survive an entrepreneur anyway. By the way, if we care only about money, then only the wrong people would buy into our vision so it would have been a short career.

But an entrepreneur has a public responsibility as well and that was what I was trying to emphasize in the article. I am guilty for over-stating the point but I think it is an important point for most first-time entrepreneurs.

Thanks for the comment.

–Denny–