Module 1: Deciding to start a Startup

Should you start a Startup?

• Resilience is the most important quality.
• Initial motivation isn’t important— curiosity is enough.

Why should you leave your FAANG job?

• Reality of the job: Working on something small at a large scale.
• No directly transferrable skills: Unlearning standards for launching beta feature.

Why to not not start a Startup?

• Too young: Sam Altman was 19 years old when he started.
• Too inexperienced: Larry & Sergey started right out of college.
• Not determined enough
• Not smart enough
• Know nothing about business
• No co-founder
• No idea
• No room for more startups
• Family to support
• Independently wealthy
• Not ready for commitment
• Need for structure