Insomanic: Andy Young's Blog

If you are really interested in the challenge of making a big, inefficient market more efficient or if you have spent time digging in and identified a multi-billion dollar market where capturing some small percentage of the consumers leads to a big opportunity, keep your day job. If you believe that starting a company is the shortest path to making a lot of money or if you feel good about the business because natural acquirers in the industry limit the downside, keep punching the clock.

…

If you are overwhelmed by a medical grade compulsion to solve a problem or build a product, and it is easier to start up than to overcome the compulsion, start up. If the idea keeps you from going to bed, wakes you up in the middle of the night and gets you up in the morning and starting up is the only way to cure the insomnia, start up. If all your friends are sick of hearing about how you are going to change the world by starting up and you keep preaching into the doubt, start up.

If you think you want to start up, please don’t - Sneakerhead VC

He’s right. Startups are hard. If you take the plunge, you better know it’s the deep end - and you can’t see the pool edge.

If there’s doubt, there’s no doubt. But if you decide you’re sufficiently insane, welcome to the club!

Source: sneakerheadvc.com