A spreadsheet of the businesses I've started over the past 15 years
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#2Feels like he doesn't give the businesses enough time to gain popularity. Some of them were clearly not bad ideas, like the ad management one.
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#3Feels like he doesn't give the businesses enough time to gain popularity. Some of them were clearly not bad ideas, like the ad management one.
I was going to say the same thing. Success takes perseverence.
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#4Feels like he doesn't give the businesses enough time to gain popularity. Some of them were clearly not bad ideas, like the ad management one.
That was my first thought. But maybe he prefers the ideation phase and getting it started (I know I do).
Regardless, this gives me hope because he has made money from several of them!
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#5I'm jealous that he's made so many things, surprised by the small amount of money they've been sold for, and unsure whether this is someone I should emulate or someone I should view as a cautionary tale.
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#6These are mostly failed consumber businesses until Baremetrics, which had $100k in recurring revenue last month.
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#7I don't understand this spray and pray approach to business - I'm not businessman so I may be talking out my ass - but I would have thought business is like a long term relationship. May as well have a spreadsheet of 50 failed marriages. If you aren't in it for the long haul what are you doing?
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#8> Amazon affiliate sites
I think this is a completely different mindset compared to engineers/"nerds", that's why most of us work for others instead of starting our own businesses.
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#9They are more akin to projects than businesses. The majority of the businesses could be categorized as small web apps and Amazon affiliates. Most appear like he didn't find a problem to solve, but tried to create a solution. There also doesn't appear to be much thought given to market size for each product.
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#10Kudos on the transparency.
Where did you find your buyers?