Readit NewsAfter 6+ years at Meta, left to pursue entrepreneurship. Hired a mentor to teach me how to build with no-code/low-code (I still think traditional code is superior, but it isn't always needed).
Now I'm about to launch my web app in August.
We'll see if sacrificing the ~$300K in TC was worth it.
Software that supports a lifestyle business is typically different than YC scale or ideas accepted by YC. If your goal is to build a lifestyle business that affords a salary of ~$100K, you likely don't need to scale beyond $1M in revenue.
You would actively want to avoid raising money (from YC or other investors) because their goals are to get companies to $100M+. That isn't a bad thing — it actually opens up the door to a much wider range of problems & niches, with more flexibility & less pressure.
1. Given the above, scrap the YC aspect of the question. But ideas can come from your own experiences with problems or pain points you felt. Or can pick an industry or role and have conversations with people to find common issues or challenges.
2 & 3. This depends on the vertical & industry you serve + their role. If you're selling to VP of sales of startups, can get by with emailing + LinkedIn. If you're selling to local professional services, can get by with cold calling. Where you build your list will depend on your target.
Kind of a high-level question... but what is the typical process of hiring someone to work in the US who isn't a US citizen?
i.e. what steps does the potential employee need to take vs the company, & in what order?
Thanks!
Looking back, how do you think you did on the marketing/sales front? I don't mean the results of the efforts but I mean the input front.
Curious if those pivots were caused because the problem addressed wasn't painful enough, the solutions didn't address that pain well enough, or if it was simply distribution.
If the former two, I imagine it's only a matter of time until you strike gold. But if it's the final third, there's a chance one of the 17 could have worked out well.