Comment by kevinyun | Hacker News Reader

Comment by kevinyun | Hacker News Reader

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There's a lot of trivial details in this first post I realized as well (and I'll go into the main stressors later), but I definitely, agree with you. I think Marc Andreeson really hits the nail with this post: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html

   Ironically, once a startup is successful, and you ask the founders what made it
   successful, they will usually cite all kinds of things that had nothing to do with it. People
   are terrible at understanding causation. But in almost every case, the cause was actually
   product/market fit.

I'm trying to avoid this.

If one were to look at it dis-passionately - you basically got lucky:

1. lucky that online education is in huge demand. 2. lucky that there are not many bootcamps doing design. 3. lucky that you were a designer at this time

But as PG often says - "luck is a definite necessity but not the only criteria".

But your article still has a lot of value. The more important part of your message is that:

___ success has nothing to do with your current situation or pedigree ___

Thats what you should focus on. You were probably beating yourself up mentally and worried about a ton of stuff - none of which really mattered in the end. Its a good lesson but its also near impossible to learn without going through it yourself.

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