Hey everyone, my name is Kevin McCarthy and I co-founded a Boston-based publication called BostInnovation (http://bostinnovation.com/).<p>I want to put a series together called "What I Learned at My First Start-Up". The premise is simple: have technically-minded folks talk about their first start-up, the technical challenges they faced, the success they had and the mistakes they learned from. I think there is a lot to learn from other's "war stories".<p>If anyone is interested, drop me an email at kevin at bostinnovation.
In my first startup now. The biggest thing I have learned is the roughness of the emotional rollercoaster. When things are going well, it is an amazing rush. Bur when things are going wrong, the lows can be absolutely brutal. You NEED someone to provide support in these times. The best trait to have in a startup is persistence, because without it, you will want to give up during these times.
I'm in my first startup right now, and we're but a few weeks old. I can say with absolute certainty that I'm constantly engaged in the act of learning. I seized this opportunity exactly to have a career where I must learn constantly about myriad topics in order to prosper.