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Silicon Convict
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Silicon Convict is a personal blog about startups, hiring engineers, fundraising and money, tied to the founder behind Levels.
What HN saysHN links its 'Choose Money First' essay and the post on starting a $500M and a $5M company in 5 years, with commenters reacting to the advice.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
buf · 2022-07-19
I don't write often, but when I do I share it here: https://www.siliconvict.com
c16 · 2022-12-23
Irrespective of what you think of Levels, he's shown me that it's a case of keep trying. He has 215k followers, has tried 70 different things, and only done well with 4 of them [1].
I'm in the same boat - I've tried many things, and most have failed. I currently have a side project with 1k users making no money, and I'm going to try monetise it - but I expect it to most likely fail. And I'm okay with it.
There's joy in being creative, making, growing, marketing, trying, learning. I can't remember where I read it, but once a founder makes their money, they often get lost in life. The common advice is then: "now do it again but this time enjoy the journey".
> They make it seem like building a successful startup is easy [...] [but] It's fucking hard and it takes more than just a positive attitude to make it.
Welcome to startups! Another great quote I read was "Bam! Overnight success story! It only took 7.5 years" [2].
[1] https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1457315274466594817
[2] https://siliconvict.com/articles/5-lessons-starting-a-500m-a-5m-compan…
DecayingOrganic · 2022-07-18
This advice of "make money first, then you can have time for your real passion" definitely reminded me of this blog post I read: https://siliconvict.com/articles/1-choose-money-first
reducesuffering · 2022-04-07
Got such a kick out of https://siliconvict.com/articles/5-lessons-starting-a-500m-a-5m-compan…
Congrats on the whirlwind of success. Well deserved!
BadCookie · 2022-01-19
Here's the specific article: https://siliconvict.com/choose-money-first