Startups Anonymous Est. 2013 · Read-only archive
Questions

How to maintain independence?

I’m just at the beginning, but I just love to work alone, and create my (big) business working on my computer, and I don’t want investors who instruct me to move, or to do, or to say, I just need network of users and people working for me, helping me. I’m not presumptuous, I need people, but I don’t want and I can’t throw myself into that fashionable mess made by business people without any substance. I can’t relocate, and even walk around looking for investors who pretend. I just need a computer and passionate people working with me. But maybe what I want to do is much too big for having all these vices.

7 answers from the community

AAnonymous· Apr 20, 2015

That's a lovely dream - time will tell if you have the chops to pull it off.

AAnonymous· Apr 21, 2015

Such a sweet. Sweet dream. Trust me we'd all like to do it that way. Everyone hates those 'conference' guys that never do anything but are always acting like they're doing big things. Unfortunately it feels like you have to play that crappy game to get funding I guess.

AAnonymous· Apr 21, 2015

"and I don’t want investors"

Then don't get investors.

AAnonymous· Apr 25, 2015

I want to create something international. How can I do it without investors?

AAnonymous· Apr 25, 2015

Investors wouldn't help much to go international. Investors invest money. They are not commercial partners abroad. Don't think money will make your internationalization easy.

If you don't want investor and still want to create an international company, start with making profits in your own country, and use those profits to invest in foreign partnerships or channels.

AAnonymous· May 6, 2015

Noone will work for you. You come off to me as someone who is clueless.

AAnonymous· Jul 22, 2015

Damn giving the truth in such a mean way..