• Home
  • About Mike
    • About Mike
    • Bucket List
    • Now
    • Work
    • Volunteer
  • Helpful Stuff
    • Podcasts
    • Books
    • Courses
  • Blog
  • Contact Form

Call me, beep me; if you wanna reach me 646 883 5499

[email protected]
Mike Smith
  • Home
  • About Mike
    • About Mike
    • Bucket List
    • Now
    • Work
    • Volunteer
  • Helpful Stuff
    • Podcasts
    • Books
    • Courses
  • Blog
  • Contact Form

Become a full stack entrepreneur

Become a full stack entrepreneur

Some readers of our blog may be familiar with the term “full stack developer”. For those who are not let us use the following definition as a jumping off point:

“Full stack generally refers to engineers doing both server side (back end) and web (Front end) work” – Robert Greene, Technical recruiter at Elasticsearch.

We could get into APIs, hosting environment and other words that I don’t understand but it makes little sense to complicate an already convoluted world. In my opinion the line between the “front” and the “back” is very simple to draw. The front end of any website, application or experience is anything and everything you can see and interact with. Conversely the back end is everything and anything you can’t see.

Google Trends shows that in the last year alone the interest for full stack developers has experienced the much sought after hockey stick growth. So it seems that an ideal developer is one who can build both the foundation and the creatives on top. It stands to reason that if they are able to build the entire project that their work will be better than chopping up the job into multiple pieces and contractors.

I propose that we take the same full stack concept and apply it to entrepreneurship. So here is my definition:

Full stack entrepreneur (noun): an entrepreneur who is focused equally on pursuing their dreams and supporting others with their personal pursuits.

The application here is fairly simple. Do you work out of a co-working space? Spend some time helping the space flourish. Perhaps you’ve received funding from a VC or private investor? Take some time to help other portfolio companies with their goals. Maybe you attribute your successes to a strong education from a leading university? Strive to create the same opportunities for those who come after you. The list can go on and on but the point is help those who support you.

It should also be noted that this full stack mentality can make you feel happier than just working on your own goals. A recent Harvard study suggested that “regardless of income, those people who spent money on others reported greater happiness”.

So take five minutes from your day and support those have supported you; I promise it will be worth your time.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Share

About me

Hi I'm Mike Smith. I love listening to podcasts, reading and volunteering with Defy Ventures and The Make A Wish Foundation.

Most Recent Blog Posts

  • Hustle: The Power to Charge your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum [Kindle Highlights] In a world of boundless abundance, the only thing standing...
    Read More
  • Everything Is Bullshit: The greatest scams on Earth revealed [Kindle Highlights] The philosophy of this book is that the best defense...
    Read More

Top Posts

  • The Importance of the FrieNDA “Anyone who I tell my specific idea to has to...
    Read More
  • The Case for Founder Liquidity Unless you are living under a rock you probably heard...
    Read More
  • How to deal with impossible people I will be the first to admit that I can...
    Read More

Tag Cloud

2018 2019 art bitcoin Book Highlights coaching economics entrepreneurship Everything Is Bullshit geofence goals legal management marketing operations photography review snapcash snapchat Social square startups systems twitter underutilized marketing VC venture capital volunteering ycombinator

Twitter

Instagram

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No connected account.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to connect an account.

Experience something completely different. The most powerful theme ever. Button Example
Logo

Thanks for stopping by my website

Check out my mini courses

Contact Info

  • Venture Fuel
  • 646-883-5499
  • Mike@mikesmith.me

Fresh from blog

  • 2019 Q4 Goals
  • 2019 Q3 Goals + Recap
  • I visited a prison and so should you
  • 2019 Q2 Goals + Recap
  • Redundancy: what my business and life was missing and yours might be too
  • 2019 Q1 Goals + Recap

Recent

  • Books
  • Podcasts
  • Courses

.

  • Home
  • Contact
  • Buy Highend
Next