shouldYouStartAStartup

Module 1: Deciding to start a startup

Lesson 1: Should you start a startup?

Startup School Link Group Partner: Harj Taggar

1. No clear cut signal for what kind of people make the best founders
2. Resilient founders tend to be more successful
3. Your motivations to startup are not very relevant
   1. Even being curious about it is a valid reason
4. Ask yourself “what do I have to lose?”
   1. If you can handle the worst-case scenario, do it
5. Factor in the amount of learning even if starting up doesn’t work
6. How to best prepare for starting up in the future
   1. Setup your environment to facilitate being around driven and smart people
   2. Work at a startup
   3. Talk, discuss and learn about ideas with people
   4. Launch side-projects
      1. “It’s better to make a product that few people really love than one many people are indifferent about.”
   5. Learn how to code
7. If you enjoy the projects and a collaborator does too, jump!