paintothetouch53
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- Jan 21, 2023
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Hi ya'll. A little bit about me: I'm a 17 year old student in the US who will be majoring in computer science next year in college. Like many of you, I want to go down the route of entrepreneurship and I know going down that route will require lots of hard work and discipline. My past experiences in the field have been in frontend web development and web design, although I never learned much past that.
Now, I've been reading lots of books every day on entrepreneurship. They talk about the value of learning new skills and learning technical skills.
And currently, I've deducted to two routes: learn full stack web development or copywriting.
If I do web development, I would use my already-developed skills of frontend dev and focus on creating Software as a Service. The only issue I would have is, I'm still young at 17. Many of the SaaS products out there are B2B, and satisfy needs in job markets that I do not have access to (think software, finance, etc).
The other route is copywriting. I say this because I would say I'm already an alright writer and have been doing lots of research into advertising, especially the psychology behind it (reading books). I also am trying to apply it to creating my own portfolio and have been thinking of focusing on the SaaS market by making copy for already existing SaaS companies. I also think it has potential to grow into a bigger idea with my web design/frontend dev skills; I can create designs for websites and write their copy at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. Also, the issue of age won't be as consequential as people in the service market are more interested in what you can do for them rather than your qualifications.
However, I still have qualms about this path, as a service business means I have to spend more time working to get clients, in contrast to SaaS where as long as you get leads the customers can buy with no detriment to one's time. Also, copywriting seems like a more saturated market, although this isn't as big of a concern as the one aforementioned as I can always find a niche.
I'm still lost on what path to go down. I feel like I can't commit because I'm afraid the other path might be the more profitable one, and I might regret it. What do you think? Thanks so much.
Now, I've been reading lots of books every day on entrepreneurship. They talk about the value of learning new skills and learning technical skills.
And currently, I've deducted to two routes: learn full stack web development or copywriting.
If I do web development, I would use my already-developed skills of frontend dev and focus on creating Software as a Service. The only issue I would have is, I'm still young at 17. Many of the SaaS products out there are B2B, and satisfy needs in job markets that I do not have access to (think software, finance, etc).
The other route is copywriting. I say this because I would say I'm already an alright writer and have been doing lots of research into advertising, especially the psychology behind it (reading books). I also am trying to apply it to creating my own portfolio and have been thinking of focusing on the SaaS market by making copy for already existing SaaS companies. I also think it has potential to grow into a bigger idea with my web design/frontend dev skills; I can create designs for websites and write their copy at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. Also, the issue of age won't be as consequential as people in the service market are more interested in what you can do for them rather than your qualifications.
However, I still have qualms about this path, as a service business means I have to spend more time working to get clients, in contrast to SaaS where as long as you get leads the customers can buy with no detriment to one's time. Also, copywriting seems like a more saturated market, although this isn't as big of a concern as the one aforementioned as I can always find a niche.
I'm still lost on what path to go down. I feel like I can't commit because I'm afraid the other path might be the more profitable one, and I might regret it. What do you think? Thanks so much.
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