The Five-Week Solo Startup

The Five-Week Solo Startup taylor.town/5w...

inSenCite · 9 months ago

This seems a bit...naive? Get a haircut and headshot as week 1 goals? therapist? look in the mirror? upgrade audio/video? what...? This is just a bunch of things to spend money on :/

Maybe spend the time finding a market with a problem that is lucrative enough to then spend time solving. And then figure out how to validate the problem...and then find a solution that you can get to market in a week or two (if not sooner).

This stuff isn't rocket science its just fucking hard work.

j4coh · 9 months ago

I am fairly certain this is satire

ozim · 9 months ago

Outdated as well no one googles themselves nowadays.

harlanlewis · 9 months ago

> "Look in the mirror. Who are you? What values will you compromise?"

This is probably a typo from "comprise" or similar, but I'm rather tickled by the idea that week 1 includes both a thoughtful assessment of your values and admitting with intention that your principles should be discarded before they can get in the way.

BlackjackCF · 9 months ago

I think this is satire and 100% intentional.

harlanlewis · 9 months ago

Of course you're right - oh how I wish it wasn't 1:1 with the earnestly-produced content dominating linkedin feeds…

iLoveOncall · 9 months ago

It's somewhat scary that so far not a single commenter here realizes that this is satire.

wetmore · 9 months ago

Are you sure? I've read a lot of this person's stuff over the years. A lot of it is quite earnest and in line with the message of this post.

iLoveOncall · 9 months ago

Hum, yes, I'm sure. You're right that it is in line with his other articles, you're just missing the fact that a majority of his other articles are also quite obvious satire.

marban · 9 months ago

Empathy and humor don't scale on HN.

pards · 9 months ago

Sounds like the underpants gnomes [0]

    * Phase 1: Collect underpants
    * Phase 2: ?
    * Phase 3: Profits

0: https://youtu.be/WpnM37A4P_8?feature=shared&t=119

smallnix · 9 months ago

Which companies did the author start/build?

jbs789 · 9 months ago

Also my question. Understanding the credibility/experience up front would be helpful in the article.

willsmith72 · 9 months ago

I don't think you need that much credibility if it's just old ideas restated in new structure.

The article is basically just "customer obsession" + "do things that don't scale". I find the 5-week framing interesting, but the concepts aren't new.

r0b05 · 9 months ago

I actually don't think this is satire and find the post energizing and informative.

Some salient points that I took home.

Work in the morning before your day job starts. Treat the customer like a deity, forever. Built wealth, find customers, sell that wealth.

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feverzsj · 9 months ago

Have to disable background image to read it.

rockyj · 9 months ago

Yup, overall terribly designed page. Could this be AI slop perhaps.