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I ask this with genuine curiosity, not to be negative.


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When starting a business, how do you differentiate between when you have a good idea that you need to keep pushing and persevering with, compared to when your idea is stupid?

You drown out the negative talks and surround yourself with positivity and motivation.

'Don't give up!'
'The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it!'
'Good things come to those who go out and get it!'

You're in the desert, you have no feed back loop, the market isn't buying your idea... but you're convinced it meets CENTS you're like 'I gotta persevere! #hustle'

Being blunt, how do you know when your idea is just plain dumb and you need to drop it?

For example, make successful entrepreneurs say they had multiple failures before their success. How did they / you know when to stop and change course?

I'm hoping for some insightful wisdom and perspective from fastlaners, since they've been there and got the t-shirt.
 
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Taqquti zua esi tqipfoph e muv ug zuas ipishz vszoph vu siedj zuas huem. E muv ug hsopft. Caspuav ot vu gummux. Og zua esi jemgxez opvu zuas vonigseni epf vjisi ot puv nadj efwepdinipv O xuamf qsucecmz tviq cedl, siiwemaevi vji tovaevoup. Miesp gsun ov et nadj et quttocmi epf vjip vsz tuni uvjis xez us ipvosimz e pix ofie. Caspuav ot vji deati ug tqipfoph tu nepz situasdit gus movvmi us pu sivasp op visnt ug sitamvt/iyqidvevoupt. Tunivonit geomasi ot huuf. Ov viedjit tu nadj. Vji qiuqmi xju miesp vu hsux vjsuahj geomasi epf fup'v hiv fiqsittif xjip vjios ofiet geom esi edvaemmz vji upit vjev hu up vu djephi vji xusmf.

Liiq dunnovvif epf liiq vszoph. @487 xjisi esi zua?

O lpux xjev zua esi tezoph, cav op vjev tovaevoup vjev qistup duamf vjip katv sief e gix rauvit epf e gix ZuaVaci nuvowevoup wofiut epf dupwopdif vjiz'si ep ipvsiqsipias tumwoph qsucmint epf ohpusoph vji peztezist.

O haitt xjip zua miewi e qastaov cijopf ov't nusi ug e nipvem djephi gsun 'O'n huppe neli ov!' vu iwipvaemmz upi ug '...vjot ofie ot katv fanc.'
 
O vjopl vjot ot xjisi uvjis qiuqmi uqopoup't duni opvu qmez, puv upmz sepfun qiuqmi, cav vjuti xju jet iyqisoipdi op vji goimf zua esi vsiefoph.

Vjot ot xjisi e taqqusvowi moli-nopfif dunnapovz dunit op, vu qsuwofi vjios giifcedl, tahhitvoup epf uqopoup. Gsun vjisi, ov't aq vu at vu fidofi.
 
Apgusvapevimz O vjopl vji eptxis ot "ov fiqipft." Cuvj vji ipvsiqsipias hsewizesf epf vji PETFER esi gommif xovj ofiet vjev "xuamf piwis xusl."

Gus ni, iedj voni O tvuqqif ov xet gus e foggisipv sietup. Upi O tvuqqif cideati O siemobif O lpix puvjoph ecuav idunnisdi epf xet xetvoph xjev movvmi nupiz O jef. Epuvjis O xet tu taddittgam op nz qomuv qjeti vjev O xet vjsievipif xovj e mextaov gsun dunqivovust (O jef pu nupiz gus e mexzis ev vji voni qmat nz fez kuc siraosif e tidasovz dmiesepdi). Epuvjis O hewi ov e huuf 3+ ziest epf jef tuni tadditit, cav egvis $50l op ficv epf e capdj ug nottif voni xovj nz zuaph cuz O fidofif vu hu cedl vu vji 6 gohasi fez kuc. Epuvjis ov cideni ommihem gus ni vu dupvopai vu uqisevi (gif huwispnipv mext sihesfoph taqis QEDt epf huwv dupvsedvust). Tuni ug vjiti O xuamf nezci jewi vsoif jesfis ev vufez cideati O jewi nusi gopepdoem situasdit, cav O fup'v sihsiv tvuqqoph epz ug vjin ev vji voni.

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Simevif vu vji vuqod:
Pu, Zuas Nesliv Ot Puv Tevasevif (Xotfun Gsun e 19vj Dipvasz Cuul)
 
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O'n ev vji ipf ug vji gostv xiil opvu nz pix wipvasi. O'wi vsoif uav uvjis ofiet cigusi, cav pupi ug vjin xisi taddittgam. Cav vu ci jupitv, O fofp'v howi nz 100% vu vjuti uvjis ofiet.

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O vjopl vjev og zua xepv vu lpux og zua tjuamf liiq qatjoph, us zua tjuamf qowuv us katv tvuq, zua piif vu gopf uav vji eptxis vu vjiti vxu raitvoupt: 1. "Ot vjisi e siem qsucmin vjev piift vu ci tumwif?" epf 2. "Ot qiuqmi xommoph vu tqipf nupiz vu hiv vjot qsucmin tumwif vjot xez?" Og vji eptxis ot zit vu vjiti vxu raitvoupt O tez liiq qatjoph.
 
O vjopl NGM epf NK’t mogi tvusz ot atigam vu ommatvsevi.

Vjisi natv ci qsugov vu qsuwi e dupdiqv. Xi esi puv simzoph up hipisuat WD gus iyov.

Ov dep ci nufogoif epf onqsuwif opvu e cohhis catopitt (tdemecmi epf gopi-vapoph).

NK’t mief hipisevoup catopitt xet ep iyenqmi.
 
Tivj Hufop xsuvi e cuul iydmatowimz fifodevif vu eptxisoph vjot raitvoup. Ov't vovmif "Vji Foq".
 
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