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westward comments on Entrepreneurial autopsies - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Clarity 13 July 2015 03:27AM

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Comment author: westward 14 July 2015 06:38:38PM 0 points [-]

Depending slightly on how you define success, there's not a good chance of being successful in the start up market. But it seems like you're coming up with solutions to a problem you haven't defined well.

What's your goal here? Why are you putting the effort into doing this market research? Into figuring out ways to assess viability of ideas? Is it just for fun? For the joy of exploring ideas? Or are you looking to create a job for yourself? To build a billion-dollar empire? How do you define success?

In short, why?