[sciencewolf]

Hard disagree. Building, shipping, and learning from my mistakes is the only I was able to actually apply anything I learned from books. IMO the best method is to do both - start building now, and read books relevant to whatever part of the journey you're stuck on or need help with.

[ultrasounder]

Spoken like a true prodigy! Entrepreneurship is not a spectator sport. You have to participate and not cheer from side lines. You have to get onto the base plate and start swinging. The more you bat, the more you maximize your chance of hitting the ball and making that home run. You can keep reading books all day long(and there is no shortage of shovels these gold rush days) but unless you make something and put it out there you won’t learn. Launch and learn. This will be my deathbed advice to my son.

[saran945]

That's a good idea. what I've learnt was startup failures has lot in common, similarly success is not an anomaly, it should has its own pattern. Most mistakes are already someone else mistake, I believe that reading some books will help to avoid 80% of the mistakes. the acquired knowledge will store a mental model within me. otherwise I need a lot of luck.