I submitted this manifesto by Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid.com) for one reason and one reason only... it's a brilliant caption of what to do when YCombinator gives your spot away or when your prototype doesn't hit the fan after 6 months. Seth Godin has preached the same concepts when referring to his Squidoo project.
I think it's important that we all keep things in perspective. If I was a betting man (and I am), I would say that the first thing that ever drove an entrepreneur to write down an idea was not his visions of acceptance or someone else's money... it was to hold onto that idea forever and someday make it real.
I think it's important that we all keep things in perspective. If I was a betting man (and I am), I would say that the first thing that ever drove an entrepreneur to write down an idea was not his visions of acceptance or someone else's money... it was to hold onto that idea forever and someday make it real.