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2026
2,159 Cold Messages, 4 Replies: What Starting on Your Own Actually Looks Like
Jun 05 · 6 min
The romantic version of starting a startup skips the part where you send 2,159 cold messages and get 4 real replies. This is five weeks of the actual grind: the silence, the red flags, killing an idea I liked, and the absurd moment I built a product to help me look for a product.