Ask HN: Did you have a mentor when building your first startup and how was it? |
Ask HN: Did you have a mentor when building your first startup and how was it? |
Avoid mentors who are regular cynical corporate job types though. They do more harm than help, and I think they subconsciously just wanted us to see us fail. Find the ones who are cheering for you.
Normally you're the domain expert anyway. You don't always want to take advice from someone who might be more inexperienced. Part of the mentor experience is blindly following advice to get through a plateau, so be careful who you allow to blindfold you.
That one cleared about $500k before dying; I came out of it with debt and not enough knowledge or cynicism to avoid doing the same stupid shit again.