The evangelists of the startup world sermonized passion like a drug. Pick a blog, book, or podcast: passion trumps over everything. You have to be passionate about the idea, team, and what not build a successful startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few years back, starting my own, I read Scott Adams’s post on the goal VS system. He stressed focussing on building system. The byproduct will be a success. I laughed at reading it and felt like Scott has gone nuts. We have to be passionate and have a goal when it comes to our startup, team, product, and everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens when your idea fails, the team leaves or the product you have been passionate about never takes off? How will you handle these? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My limited learning resonates with Scott Adam’s now. We should keep passion, goals, and profession separately. We will suffer less, and failures will not break us apart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The evangelists of the startup world sermonized passion like a drug. Pick a blog, book, or podcast: passion trumps over everything. You have to be passionate about the idea, team, and what not build a successful startup. A few years back, starting my own, I read Scott Adams’s post on the goal VS system. He … <\/p>\n