I am starting a startup[2], so I am wondering:

Can you make a conscious effort to get better at it? Are there conscious ways for being relentlessly resourceful?

So far I've come up with one promising technique: try to think of new clever ideas/hacks assuming their cost of failure is zero. It seems to work. It allows you to see ideas you would otherwise miss because of some sort of block(though I am not 100% sure it's not an illusion -- I've been using this technique for only a couple of days).

Also, I suspect it should work better for social stuff(talking to users, acquiring users) than for programming.

HN, can you please share your own hacks/algorithms/techniques/methods, even small ones?

[1] «A couple days ago I finally got being a good startup founder down to two words: relentlessly resourceful» www.paulgraham.com/relres.html [2] In case anyone is interested: http://perunity.com (yes, we want your feedback)