Founders here, did you code/ build you own product while you was starting?

Want to build a AI startup. Finding it impossible as 1) Incumbents with distribution and data will easily build AI to their products 2) I don’t have PhD to build something truly innovative. 3) For consumer space, I don’t think it’s possible to build a new device or a OS etc (Incumbents again!) I seriously wonder how startup founders start something! Do they just BS VCs about nice ideas and raise money? Any tips *from actual founders* will be useful

I am going to start working in building a product in a startup as a Backend developer. I was approached by 2 of the founders with their design and vision. I really liked it and thinking on working on the same. But I was confused how to proceed with it? Shall I ask for money or some position? I don’t have any experience of it. Please suggest.

Which skillsets one should work upon before being a entrepreneur

This might be a lame post altogether but here I go. I have had an idea of a product / platform since about an year it targets primarily a category of small scale localised businesses(no not grocery stores but similar nontech domain where the tech is the enabler), what I have achieved (my background is 2year exp backend engineer) in the last year is a minimum viable backend of the same and a market fit survey with about 10 local businesses (who were interested) Now coming to block am facing right now is with business/legal formalities to actually make it official, don’t really know where to start looking for even guidance on “how to start” with those legal “stuff”. Another thing thats equally annoying is whoever I want to make this idea happen with always seems to interested and invested at start few days and eventually they fade out with no actual output of excuse of being busy, am not really what am doing wrong here. In my mind why I need a cofounder is to handle the frontend(this is what feel I need cofounder for). Any advise from anyone who are willing share some of their thoughts?

I understand if someone is asking this question, the person isn't ready. But would like to know from founders, what was your motivation ? What pushed you over from a 9-5? Is it just taking a bet on yourself and working towards solving the problem?

Looking for practical advice only. No high level gyaan please. Just how to build right, get a team in place, mitigate risks and ship fast kind of advice

What is one extremely important skill/quality to possess to be a good founder?

As title says

I have a few ideas for products I want to build in few niche spaces. At the same time I’m always a bit skeptic in discussing this with friends thinking they might ask for too much equity in partnership The downside is that I feel I have to know everything to even get started How did you do it? If you built your startup, at what point in your life while working full time you started working your own thing and how was the journey like? Any tips you’d give a budding entrepreneur

Im working as a developer in a unicorn startup with good salary for my age. But from college time I was interested in entrepreneurship trying different thing and later after completing college I joined this unicorn and worked hard, shifted to their new stealth startup and worked there with for 1yr, tried to work in every possible opportunity that I got with design team, product managers and learnt how to build a startup from scratch, but later due to creative issues in top level management and less revenue than the competitors the startup was shutdown and I was moved back to the unicorn and again started working as an developer. Tried different things from then 1. Tried joining top B schools but couldn’t afford 2. Tired pitching ideas to friends, seems like no one interested in taking risk leaving the life they have now 3. Tried starting few things on my own but always end up failing with no support 4. Tried attending conferences but that too never led me anywhere Now don’t have as many friends interested in entrepreneurship or mentors to guide me. Just passing the days doing the same work again and again please suggest me what to do next or give me any kind of advice