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SOFA - Start Often Finish rArely

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191 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 00:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.279s | source
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jongjong ◴[18 Oct 24 02:26 UTC] No.41875860[source]▶
I think pretty much everyone falls into SOFA by default. If your goal is to start a software business, it's almost impossible to achieve that. You don't need to aim for it. It will happen by default.

To finish something in such a way that a customer will be willing to pull their credit card out and pay for it is a very difficult point to arrive at.

I never tried this approach and yet I have 7 failed projects under my belt. Only 1 was a success but it only lasted for 3 years.

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1. sugarkjube ◴[18 Oct 24 06:27 UTC] No.41876833[source]▶
The secret to success is not mentioning your failures.

(Think about a famous photographer who's showing a few great pictures you could never have made yourself. Well, he isn't showing the 10.000 others he made but were not good enough)