I've [Author] been interested in technology for as long as I remember. But when I decided I wanted to be in the technology business, and not just a consumer and watcher of technology, I decided to build a "fake VC portfolio."
Whenever I try out, or hear about a new company, I don't just ask myself whether I like it, but whether, if I were in a position to, I would write a check of my own money and invest in that company in the early stages.
It's one thing to think a given product or service is really good, or even that it will be popular. It's quite another to think that it will one day be a huge business. And it's even quite another to stake your own money on that goal. I think it's useful because it forces on you a mental discipline, and to think of each new web product as a business.
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Author: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
