I’m ceo and cofounder of my startup. Currently going through techstars. The product is good, has really good traction, solving a big problem in an industry I don’t care about. I have deep passion for social issues and specially education.
The only thing that motivates ALOT me about my current company is that we can make a lot of money so I can just eventually leave and do something I’m passionate about with that money.
Am I doomed?
What I think most folks here are overlooking is the concept of “Founder Market Fit”
Anybody can come up with an idea and start a company, but why are YOU the right person to build it? What’s your secret sauce? What do you know that the rest of us don’t?
The answer is never about the money.
Startups are incredibly hard. They take up all of your time and energy.
Paul Graham has famously said that you should only focus on eating healthy, working out and building your company.
If you’ve given up on your company during Tech Stars besides the potential to make a lot of money, the company is already dead.
Startups aren’t a job. Most people here have jobs they don’t like and can get away with doing it just for the money. You can’t.
I would strongly suggest you bring this up to your advisor and/or investors and find a way to cycle yourself out before you waste any more time, energy and people’s money on it.