The entrepreneur's path is pathless

You can win any which way. There's no rules.

I loved playing games and sports growing up. Throughout all school years, I played all the sports and competitive games I can get into – table tennis, basketball, badminton, football, netball, athletics, running, climbing.

With every game, it was usually clear how to get better, and what winning looks like. You see who are the winners, how they win. You know the rules, and what you can do within that frame.

But this being entrepreneur is a game that’s so wide in scope, context and possibilities that it’s practically ruleless, permissionless.

The entrepreneur’s path is pathless.

You can win by focusing on a one product.
You can win by placing multiple small bets.

You can win by taking VC funding.
You can win by going bootstrapped.

You can win by going solo.
You can win by having a huge team.

You can win by shipping bytes.
You can win by shipping real atoms.

You can win by hitting $1k MRR.
You can win by hitting $1B valuation.

You can win by offering free plans.
You can win by going all premium.

You can win by open source.
You can win by closed source.

You can win by building a great product.
You can win by building a mediocre product.

You can win by being in a small, niche market.
You can win by being in a large, saturated market.

You can win by being novel and unique.
You can win by being common and ubiquitous.

You can win by zero paid marketing.
You can win by only ads.

You can win by consistency.
You can win by intensity.

You can win by being smart.
You can win by being dumb.

You can win.
Any which way.
As long as it’s your own.

There’s no rules.
And there are no real arbiters, only false gatekeepers.

The entrepreneur’s path is pathless.

And one of the big reasons I’m taking a while to “win”, is I’m still figuring out what winning means to me, and how I want to get there.

Because if it’s pathless, then any path is possible to win. If it’s possible to win any which way, then you got to win by your own way. If you know your own path.

I don’t quite yet. I know the destination I want to reach – that’s $at least $10k/m, solo, location independent and a blank calendar. But how is the question. The devil’s always in the execution, the approach, the path.

I’m still figuring out my own path.

I don’t know how long it will take, but I will keep trying.

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