5 Tips For Going From An Engineer To A Founder

By Yongxing Deng, cofounder and CTO of Aloft, a real estate technology startup based in Seattle, WA.

As an engineer, turning an idea into reality can be one of the most fulfilling feelings. For some of us, providing physical products or software solutions might feel great, but we might want to pursue entrepreneurship. How does one transition from building a product to building a company?

Embrace the unknowns.

When building within the confines of a lab or a computer, it is often tempting to plan everything out before getting started. Unfortunately, that is often not possible when building a company; in business, there are too many

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