Ask HN: How do I learn more about entrepreneurship/startups? | Hacker News
Stop reading books, stop getting courses and start doing things. Some people have tendencies to never learn from other people, and they make the same mistakes other people have done again and again. Other people, like you (it is obvious), go the other way, they want to know everything and not fail ever. The way they do it is procrastinating, never getting in the arena or over the stage until they are 100% prepared. And they are never "prepared", because failing hurts emotionally. You are like a skier that tries to avoid falling down so much he just can't learn. I created my own business when I was a kid, it is not that hard, offer things or services people need or want. Someone with a CS degree can figure it out. You need to get out in the real world and fail. Then you can read books and ask for advice. Now you will be able to calibrate all the info that you get from books and people in real scenarios. Without real world experience, most info is worthless. Spend the minimum amount of time reading, you should be experiencing life and writing down those experiences. Writing every day is much better than reading every day. One in active, the other passive and looks like work but it is not. Minimize passive things and activities in you life, like TV, until most of your life is active. This man was a serial entrepreneur: https://steveblank.com/ Start getting more aggressive, learn from this man: https://www.john-carlton.com/ You look too "soft",a "wussy", learn resourcefulness in films from people that go to war. You look too weak for making a company and need to get stronger. You need to develop some habits that make you stronger, like making decisions fast, dealing and handling the consequences. Get used to risk every day, manage it, minimize it. You learn those things while doing and trying. Accept failure in your life, accept rejection by other people, accept the pain and over time you will master it.
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