How do you deal with starting businesses when you are an introvert? I dread meeting people and right now I am in a job where I can pretty much do anything I want. I work on my own in my office, but it's not a permanent position. I am a post-doc and my team is located somewhere else in the country. I have been using this time to do my research (in a math-related topic). I have used this time to pick up web-site building skills and improve my programming (which was a main problem for job search for me). I was previously employed in the telecom sector writing and deploying algorithms for mobile devices. Since reading Millionaire fastlane , I have been thinking of ideas to start a business. I (with my partner), we came up with this idea for a website that would be useful for schools (he's a teacher). But we need to do a lot of research into other schools and getting in touch with them to get the relevant info. It is sort of a directory site. It's a long-term project and we're still working out the monetizing part.
Since I have some experience in machine learning, I have been thinking of ideas in that sector. But anything I think of, there is some fancy start-up already doing it. And I am not into this whole start-up and VC thing. I want to do something on my own, building it from scratch. I have two years to do it, before I go into the red.
I would be grateful if someone can share some motivating story for someone like me starting from scratch.
Since I have some experience in machine learning, I have been thinking of ideas in that sector. But anything I think of, there is some fancy start-up already doing it. And I am not into this whole start-up and VC thing. I want to do something on my own, building it from scratch. I have two years to do it, before I go into the red.
I would be grateful if someone can share some motivating story for someone like me starting from scratch.
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