many times I regret joining IRC, where I first heard this word 'startup'. This word, that I did not understand the implications of back then, would unimaginably dictate my life
I was a simple man, not particularly smart --- just a tad bit too curious
I just wanted to make tech.
But I guess, sooner or later, I would hear this word. Startup. I was bound to fall into this rabbit hole
And true enough. I pursued this thing, with blind naivety and youthful energy, all the while with limited understanding of the world around me
there were nights at the office, where I would man the rows of 3D printers printing about, staring at the end-effector for hours, layer by layer by layer by layer.
"Why am I doing this" I thought
Narra3D was not successful, as a business. I spent hundreds of thousands on it, and didn't even reach a fraction of it on earnings.
I had no idea how to run a business. --- I still don't, to be honest.
but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed 3D printing
this obsession with tech, the tech-centric lifestyle, would go on for a few more years, before I learn and rediscover the word 'startup' for myself
So how do you define 'startup' for yourself nowadays?
creating alternative realities
and that is, a very dangerous thing
Sounds like every Technological Invention ever.
Solving a problem, but creates new problems.
Like, the Internet.