Welcome Shazeb. I can't attest to the level of your intelligence haha, but welcome to the land of giving it a go! No regrets. Reach out when I can try your product.

Unless your friends have experience building a business, I'd take their opinions of building a business with a grain of salt.

They might mean well, but it doesn't seem like they don't know what they are talking about. They might even want to believe it's impossible, so that they don't need to admit they aren't as ambitious and couragous as you.

Probably best to avoid this topic. Ask them to respectfully stop telling you it's a bad idea and focus on topics that you can have a productive conversation around. If that proves impossible, reconsider what the friendship is providing you.

I'd also consider finding additional friends that do share that entrepreurial mindset. It's a long road to go on all by yourself. Being on WIP hopefully helps, but there's nothing like having IRL chats with like-minded people.

Honestly, a business doesn't need to be based on a good idea or even unique idea. All you need to provide is a service or product that is competitive with others. It certainly helps if you're the first one to figure out a solution to some problem that other people have but there are as an example a bunch of sushi shops in most major cities.

All you need to do is provide good sushi, preferably better than most others, and people will buy it when they become aware of it. Since you're starting from scratch, it is a high likelihood that you will have some failing ideas or projects but in time you will learn what works and what don't.

Good luck and there is no idea to share your dreams with negative people that give unconstructive feedback unless they have something that they can provide.

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