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by muzani 3131 days ago
It's like having kids. Logic says that it's better to do it later on in life but the best time is a little earlier than you think you're ready.

Some people are disciplined about it. They plan and save years in advance, build skills and connections, then build a company after a well planned ritual.

Some people cheat on their day jobs, working on a side project at night and on slow days at work. One day, they wake up and realize... oh no, they have 10k users and not enough time to take care of them.

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If you have 10k users and you still need a day job, you don't have a business.
I've seen a startup bootstrap up to 400k monthly active users before anyone would give them seed funding.
It is hard to determine what to make of this anecdote, without more information.