Ask HN: What's stopping you from starting up?

[nikhildaga]

Dear Hacker, As an active user of HN, there is a high probability that you are excited about starting up. So, what is it that is preventing you from starting up?

Maybe you already started up. So, what is it that's stopping you from making it as successful as you want to be?

Do share your pain point and we will try our best to help you solve it.

[pavornyoh]

Eh, it is you again. Are you trying to drum up business for your company? If so, this is not the right place to do it. I see you have changed your website.http://ideatostartup.org

In case anyone is wondering, this was OP's initial thread -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10200913

[trcollinson → pavornyoh]

My problem with Mr. Daga's offering is that he claims to be an expert in all things startup but does not seem to grasp the concept of how to communicate his intent or show his value. His site is a very basic Meteor setup. He has grammatical mistakes galore. He's value proposition is that if you add your email to his list he will make you go from being unsuccessful to being successful; we're not sure how. The whole thing is a poor attempt all the way around to create, I imagine, an email list to eventually sell a book or maybe some sort of consulting services.

Mr. Daga, please, tell me why I should hand you my email address? How will you turn me from one of the failures of the startup world to a success? What are you offering me? Why should I listen to you? Anything.

[pavornyoh → trcollinson]

Mr Daga's initial site was $9,000 and they will convert the idea or something like that. It will be harsh of me to say it is a "scam". That has being scratched to this new site. My problem with his approach and questions on HN is what exactly is he hoping to achieve? Does he want to across as an expert? I don't understand it really. I am looking at his responses to the people who responded and don't even know what to make of it.

[nikhildaga → pavornyoh]

I am literally laughing out loud reading your comment. What happened to you Pavornyoh? You very much sensible last time.

[pavornyoh → nikhildaga]

@Nikhildaga, I am glad I can make you laugh. These are genuine questions. Looking at your site now and this thread you started, what are you looking to accomplish? These questions have to be asked you know..

[nikhildaga → pavornyoh]

I am trying to help entrepreneurs succeed. That is all I am trying to accomplish. But, with the rigid mind which you have got, anybody doing any good and anybody doing anything new will look a scam to you. Elon Musk must be a scam to you few years ago. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs must be scam to you too. If you don't believe in something, it does not mean anything.

Someone is always doing something somebody else said was impossible. Try trying.

I wish good look to you. You have got a good brain and if you utilize it in constructive way instead of fantasizing criticisms, you will do far good to the society and to yourself.

[trcollinson → nikhildaga]

I think his questions were quite serious. I do hope you will answer them.

[nikhildaga → trcollinson]

Dear Trollinson, this thread is not about ideatostartup. I have answered every one of his question in the relevant thread.

[cdvonstinkpot]

I just launched a bitcoin & litecoin mining pool at https://crypto.space. I believe aside from other pools with zero pool fees, I have the lowest pool fee I can possibly afford, at 0.56%.

I'm having an awful time getting the first users to sign up to contribute their hashing power to the pool, as there's no incentive for someone to join when there's no one else using the pool & no hashing power to share at the beginning.

I'd gladly pay ~$30/month for users with a good amount of hash power to sign up.

[nikhildaga → cdvonstinkpot]

Hey cdvonstinkpot,

It looks like your main concern is about getting Traction. Here are the 19 channels for getting traction : https://medium.com/swlh/the-19-channels-you-can-use-to-get-t...

How many have you tried? Trying some other channels will certainly help you get the users you want. Thanks

[trcollinson → nikhildaga]

So, I hate to beat this dead horse. But, evidently I don't hate beating it enough to stop. Here goes:

The poster came to you with a very specific problem with his particular startup which is in a funny space. He has a mining pool which needs hashing power, he has incentives, but he needs traction which is hard because those incentives don't start to kick in until he has a certain level of traction. He has given a very specific amount of money he'd be willing to pay to find that traction.

You, a self proclaimed expert in accelerating startups, then give him a rather bland and generalized "internet marketing" blog post. How does this solve his problem? "Trying some other channels will certainly help you get the users you want." Really? How? Will targeted blog posts incentivize users with large hash rates to come to his service? Are you suggesting his real problem is that he is not well known in an overly saturated market? Maybe speaking engagements might be a better choice? Why?

Maybe you're right he should try these. But the important part is the why.

[pavornyoh → trcollinson]

I agree with @Trcollinson here. If you want to be considered expert in "start-ups", you have to be able to give detailed answers and not blog posts. Why did you select that blog post anyway? Care to elaborate?

[arisAlexis]

I have problems finding non-tech co-founders.

[nikhildaga → arisAlexis]

I am aware of many looking for tech co-founders. Maybe one of them got same idea as yours. Would you like connect you with them?

[razeonex]

I think I haven't started up yet because I don't have enough knowledge about startup or business' legislation in my country (México), and actually that's the reason why I'm looking for a good business cofounder. As you may guess, I haven't found him yet.

[nikhildaga → razeonex]

Hey razeonex, Its generally recommended to have a co-founder from those whom you know already. Are you sure there is no one of your friend who can be the business cofounder? You can also try http://founderdating.com/

One more thing, contrary to popular belief, there are many successful solo entrepreneurs out there. If you think you can learn about business legislation in Mexico, starting up as a single founder is also an option. You can bring in others later.

Thanks

[razeonex → nikhildaga]

Hey nikhildaga thanks! I just signed up! I'll tell you that you're right, I maybe just need a little push or someone who trusts, and I think I can build it with a little bit of knowledge. Your words were really helpful actually :)

[nikhildaga → razeonex]

Thanks razeonex. Glad it helped.

[J_Darnley]

Ideas and skill.

I'm here for the articles and discussion not to start my own business.

[swcoders]

One Idea!!!