Ask HN: How do I look for an experienced mentor for doing a startup venture?
I recently quit my job at Google to pursue something I've wanted to do for many years. After 2-3 months of messing around with ideas and code + reading up a lot, I've come to the somewhat painful realization that building a product and writing code is very different from creating a sustainable business. While I'm determined to do what it will take, I think that alone won't compensate for product fit/business/growth related mistakes where I have little experience.
I also feel doing this without a good experienced mentor will cost me 10 times more effort and pain but I'm not sure where to start. Has anyone done this before and have any tips how should I go about this? Ideally this would be a fruitful relationship for both where the mentor can see their mentorship making an active difference for a nascent venture and experience some joy in its success.
I also feel doing this without a good experienced mentor will cost me 10 times more effort and pain but I'm not sure where to start. Has anyone done this before and have any tips how should I go about this? Ideally this would be a fruitful relationship for both where the mentor can see their mentorship making an active difference for a nascent venture and experience some joy in its success.