Lately there s been a growing wave of skepticism around VCs, Y Combinator, and accelerators in general. And to be fair: I get it.
We now live in an age where almost everything you need to learn can be found online. The gatekeepers are fewer, the knowledge is everywhere, and solo builders have never been more empowered.
I ve been thinking a lot about how chaotic the first phase of any project is especially for early-stage founders.
You get the idea, you get excited and then you freeze.
Do you validate?
Do you sketch out a landing page?
Do you research competitors?
Or just build something to get feedback?
Personally, I ve been experimenting with different ways to make that early direction clearer I ve journaled, built mini systems, even started working on a validation tool with a few people to help test ideas faster.
