- doing the project in your spare time and gradually transitioning to full time after you validate and start making money means less risk and less poverty
- was this a problem-driven product? Because this seems like a crowded market, which means you probably need to be able to outcompete the existing products
- startups aren’t for everyone; those gut feelings could have been identified by spending a few weekends doing market research and validation.
- so it took a year, a year is nothing. You learnt you don’t want to do startups and probably learnt a bunch of stuff that would be useful in the future. You challenged yourself. And you’ll be more grateful for that regular pay check in the future.
It’s not a disaster, it’s learning and experience and those things are valuable.
- was this a problem-driven product? Because this seems like a crowded market, which means you probably need to be able to outcompete the existing products
- startups aren’t for everyone; those gut feelings could have been identified by spending a few weekends doing market research and validation.
- so it took a year, a year is nothing. You learnt you don’t want to do startups and probably learnt a bunch of stuff that would be useful in the future. You challenged yourself. And you’ll be more grateful for that regular pay check in the future.
It’s not a disaster, it’s learning and experience and those things are valuable.