Comments on: What they don’t teach you in startup school

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:23:29 +0000

Another great post Jun! I think I’ve been reading for an hour now about all your other posts!

Keep the dream a live. Your young, and can really afford to go for it all and lose everything. It might seem like a lot, but don’t worry, you have your entire life to make money, but you don’t have your entire life to take big risks.

By: ekta

ekta — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:34:05 +0000

Oh, I luv this blog Juan..Very well written. I hope I can do my best in Viralogy

By: Khalil Aleker

Khalil Aleker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:33 +0000

One of the best posts I’ve read in a long time. True, Emotional, Passionate, and love for your work I feel through those words.

You just gave me more inspiration to carry on with my dreams… failure ultimately leads to success.

I’m glad I found this blog

By: Tolu

Tolu — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:27:27 +0000

well written article. I have found all of those to be very true from the experiences i’ve had since working on my ventures. If i can also add, a lot of young entrepreneurs tend to believe that building the startup and getting it to go live is the most difficult part, what i never learned till i actually experience it was that…advertising/promoting and converting random visitors to ‘customers’ or patronizers as the case may be IS often times (might not be always) the toughest challenge. Especially if you don’t have angel/venture funds backing you.

By: W

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:37:05 +0000

My theory is, at the end of this, money will be the least of your worries (it is in one way, it isn’t in another). It’s like at that saying, “What doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger.”

I suppose it’s like that person who once said their goal is to conquer the world to his fellow men working at menial jobs. He worked really hard and spend quite a bit of his life doing so. Unfortunately, he didn’t meet his goal of conquering the world. He just managed to conquer all of Europe! He still is quite angry at himself for not conquering the world oblivious to the fact that he accomplished way way way more then he ever would have if he choose an ordinary lifestyle.

My guess by the end of this, whether or not you succeed in being a Founder of a highly successful CEO, you’ll know way more about yourself and about the world then if you just sat still and did nothing to grow.

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Thanks for the post and really appreciate your honesty.

With your mindset, half of the battle is already won.

At least you’re taking action now, knowing that action will create the clarity you desire.

If you failed, you have gained valuable experience of what works and what doesn’t.

But learn as fast as possible, just do the “wrong fast”.

It’s not about how many times you fall, but how many you’re willing to get up.

The question is: “Will you finish strong?”

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:40:12 +0000

Thanks for posting this. It’s really refreshing to hear things like this, because those of us who haven’t “made it” yet start to think “well maybe…just maybe…I can do this, too.”

By: Olina

Olina — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:34:47 +0000

Great post! Jun.

Yes, we are seeking something more than Fincial Freedom, that’s our dream, it’s about our self-actualization. You always ask in your awesome revolution: if you don’t need to work for money, what will you do in your life. And I always want to tell you that even if I don’t need to work for money, I will do the same thing as I do right now. We want to live our everyday as the last day of our life. And this is getting exciting!

I believe there will a light at the end of the tunnel. We just need to keep on digging and digging. We will be there! Trust me!

By: Patrick B.

Patrick B. — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:52:06 +0000

Hey Jun great post!

To be completely honest with you, and I know it will sound crazy, but I would much rather start from scratch and fail a couple of times (as I did in the past) than to be like Mark Zuckerberg and go straight to the top. It seems like he skipped the whole ride and got to the end of it before it even started. I enjoyed having to sweat for my projects, being able to remember the good and bad times we had with the startup and making our teams bond much stronger by the day. Everything I have learned since I started is priceless and I hope you realize your huge potential before every giving it quits! Just by following you and your team on “Living the Startup Life” showed your potential and I can honestly tell you that if you keep it up, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel before you realize it.

A movie that has always inspired me and will surely inspire you, it’s called “The first 20 Million is always the hardest” , I strongly recommend that you watch it! It’s the story of our lives.

By: Jun Loayza

Jun Loayza — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:38:24 +0000

Ryan, thanks so much for your honest comment. It’s so hard for an entrepreneur to admit he has failed. I hate saying it even though I know that every entrepreneur fails.

I’m very happy that you were able to learn from your mistakes. I hope that I have as well and will be able to use what I have learned to make Viralogy successful.

What are you working on now?