Thread by @brian_armstrong

Some epic replies to my original HN post looking for a co-founder in 2012.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3754664

The idea wasn’t perfect (I misjudged the merchant angle for instance, simple buy/sell turned out to be more lucrative).

But...

...highlights the importance of resilience and ignoring haters when trying to build something new. Nine out of ten people will think it’s a terrible idea, and be quite articulate explaining why this is to you. This will go on for YEARs.

Even after five years and many millions of dollars in revenue, I would say still about 50% of people (investors, prospective employees, etc) I spoke to thought it was a bad idea.

The wild part is that you never know if you’re crazy, or everyone else is. The key here is that if your gut tells you there is something interesting, go take some action toward it and see what happens. Only action will produce more information, not endlessly debating it.

Luckily I had seen other apps which launched on HN get negative comments and go on to be successful, like Dropbox

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

So I knew not to take the negative comments too seriously.

And media also!