bq. “They may be very good engineers, or sales people, or marketing, or execs. But they ain’t entrepreneurs. They’re just resume gardening and they’re really no different from everyone else.
I don’t care if you’re a billionaire. If you haven’t started a company, really gambled your resume and your money and maybe even your marriage to just go crazy and try something on your own, you’re no pirate and you aren’t in the club.

That thrill of your first hire, when you’ve convinced some other crazy soul to join you in your almost certainly doomed project. The high from raising venture capital and starting to see your name mentioned in the press. The excitement of launch and…gulp…customers! and the feeling of truly learning something useful, you’re just not sure what it is, when the company almost inevitably crashes and burns.” - 'Michael Arrington':http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/31/are-you-a-pirate/
 
h3. Cum ajung acolo?
 
Nu te-am speriat destul? Foarte bine, pentru ca asa cum ziceam in partea '#2':blog/viata-dupa-olimpiade-2, suntem intr-un moment unic in istorie, inceputul industriei tehnologice, iar orice domeniu care nu a fost inca revolutionat de tehnologie, o sa fie in anii ce urmeaza. Sunt oportunitati la tot pasul, 'este sansa generatiei noastre':http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/the-chance-of-a-lifetime.html!
 
O lectie pe care o inveti repede este ca 'ideea nu conteaza':http://www.inc.com/rob-adams/2010/06/ideas-commodity-but-execution-intelligence-matters.html, totul este despre executie. Ca sa executi cat mai bine, trebuie sa fii intr-un mediu cu oameni care au mult mai multa experienta ca tine. Un 'mediu bun este critic':http://www.paulgraham.com/hubs.html pentru startup - un antreprenor mediocru intr-un mediu bun va avea rezultate mai bune decat unul mult mai capabil, dar care sta in Romania.
 
Cand vine vorba de startup-uri, cel mai bun mediu este de departe 'Silicon Valley':http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley (sau cat mai aproape de el). Totusi, ca roman, incepi cu un mare handicap (pe langa bariera de cultura): nu poti sa lucrezi in US la compania ta si trebuie sa muncesti si mai tare ca sa gasesti solutii pentru viza.
 
Daca chiar vrei sa faci asta, iti ofer 2 planuri:
 
*Plan A (rational)*
 
* Te angajezi la o companie in Silicon Valley (vezi 'partea #2':blog/viata-dupa-olimpiade-2) cat mai repede, nu mai face master sau PhD
* Stai 3-4 ani si iti iei 'green card':http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_residence_(United_States), pui si niste bani in banca
* Abia dupa asta, cu green card si niste bani, poti sa faci un startup
* Ideal te bagi intr-un incubator cat mai 'bun':http://ycombinator.com/ din Silicon Valley
 
*Plan B (nebun)*
 
* Gasesti acum un 'incubator':http://www.growlab.ca/ care accepta oameni din toata lumea (inclusiv Romania)
* Te muti de tot din Romania in tara in care e incubatorul si lasi totul in urma. Speri ca totul se va rezolva, cumva (antreprenorii sunt mereu optimisti!)
* 'Gasesti':http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/shareTweet/article1960705/ 'solutii':http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tech+sector+calls+startup+visa+program/5416679/story.html 'creative':http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/immigrant-tech-stars-face-hurdles-in-quest-to-start-business-in-canada/article2090504/ pentru a lucra acolo si a evita sa fii dat afara din tara
 
Dupa incubator, aventura abia incepe, dar povestea aia o las pentru alta data. Desi noi am facut planul B, nu pot sa recomand asta tuturor, pentru ca a fost extrem de riscant si am avut foarte mult noroc ca am reusit in final :)
 
h3. Cu cine sa mai vorbesc?
 
Daca ai intrebari, eu si ==user(user="wickedman" type="tiny")==  o sa incercam sa raspundem in comentarii.

That thrill of your first hire, when you’ve convinced some other crazy soul to join you in your almost certainly doomed project. The high from raising venture capital and starting to see your name mentioned in the press. The excitement of launch and…gulp…customers! and the feeling of truly learning something useful, you’re just not sure what it is, when the company almost inevitably crashes and burns.” - Michael Arrington