/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Anonymous Fri Sep 7 09:08:26 2012 No.287417 [View]
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Jobs and Gates were in the right place at the right time. IBM was literally calling around trying to find someone to create an OS for them, and handed the market to Gates. Jobs established Apple when home computers were a niche DIY hobby.

Even Zuckerburg (the name which my spell-checker wants to change to "Cheeseburger") was at the right place at the right time. Any freshman wanting to start a social media website today will find an uphill battle.

But they are the exception to the rule. *Thousands* of web-based services startups fail for every Facebook and Twitter. Dropping out of college to start a company is like paying a lottery - the rewards are great but the odds are heavily stacked against you. You cannot plan on that kind of success any more than you can plan on winning the lottery.

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