[jl]

"But remember that making something for yourself is just a heuristic to guide you in finding an idea. In the actual execution, you need to focus on users. You need to understand what they want, and be fanatically dedicated to making them happy."

This point aside, I haven't written anything in 2 years, so it's possible I'm out of shape :)

[dvt]

> This point aside, I haven't written anything in 2 years, so it's possible I'm out of shape :)

Not at all, it was a great read! And perhaps, as @eloff mentioned, my own biases might be at work. As an introvert, it's a more significant effort for me to go out there and investigate other people's problems (so pg's point might be more salient).

[contingencies]

Welcome back! Can we please have a post with more of your long tail of other useful qualities in founders?