How to start a startup

All you have to do is...

• Build a product people want
• Find customers
• Provide exceptional service
• Hire talented people
• Get those talented people to work well with each other
• Constantly evolve as your customers and industry evolve
• Ship features quickly enough to keep up with AI and competitors
• Fund it with your own paycheck or savings or talk to hundreds of investors to get one to invest
• Comply with global tax laws
• Try not to cry when you see your first payment dispute
• Avoid running out of money
• Hope you never get sued for some bogus reason
• Manage the backlash of unhappy customers publicly complaining
• Balance work-life in a way that doesn’t result in total burnout
• Try not to get in trouble with GDPR or other data privacy regulations
• Handle the inevitable roadblocks that set your project back weeks
• Appease investors with quarterly reports and answering a barrage of existential questions
• Wake up at 3am to handle a DDoS attack on vacation
• And of course, always be prepared to pivot your entire business on a dime
  

I can’t believe more people don’t do this.