You start working on a side project, invest your time, you're really excited about it and everything you're going to do with it, but then it slowly fades out, because there is another cool new project that you've started, there is another article that you could read, there is another show that you need to watch and so on. So you "pause" this project, someday I'm going to finish it.<p>It's the same case with my current project, so I was thinking about starting a small accountability group where everyone has the same goal, to launch something.<p>I was thinking about creating a skype group, everyone sets a date and reports regularly on his track.<p>What does hn think about it?
Why? If you're so easily distracted, perhaps the thing you're working on isn't very interesting to you. There is zero value in finishing something just so you can say "I finished it."<p>IOW: quitting is underrated.
I don't think an open community would work very well. The signal::noise ratio for each individual would be very high and they would have no social obligation to follow up with eachother. It seems no different than posting the latest update to Facebook / a blog / HN / Product Hunt.<p>My two cents is to find driven people you already know and get a small group (5-10) together to do this.<p>YC does this by subdividing its now larger batches into different groups that meet together with their mentors every two weeks. On my own, I created a slack channel with about 10 other U of I founders. We can all commiserate about our startups, help eachother out with intros, and share good news and progress. Its more meaningful as well due to the shared friendships and history.<p>PS: If you're an Illini founder hit me up to join our slack. :)
Sounds like a "mastermind" or something approximating one.<p>There is a service for matching people together for masterminds - > <a href="https://mastermindjam.com/" rel="nofollow">https://mastermindjam.com/</a><p>Just to be clear, there is no requirement to use a/the service, if you have people you know that works too.<p>There is a lot of information around about structure and potential pitfalls as well as their solutions.<p>Edit: No explanation<p>Edit: Clarification