I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by ChanningAllen » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:15 PM UTC

I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business
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Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by countryqt30 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by kitten_smuggler » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

average monthly revenue back in 2012 was 2k. Nothing to scoff at for a side hustle while working full time. This guy is killing it..

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by jbverschoor » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

So what’s your mrr?

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by randlet » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:58 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

Most side projects earn negative dollars over 11 years so that growth over 11 years is probably in the top 0.1% of side project earnings. Very few people can say they grew a side project business into a $200k+ a year business.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by r1nkgrl » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 4:59 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

also June 2019 - Dec 2009 != 11 years

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by ska » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

  Not trying to downtalk

But then you went ahead and did anyway...

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by oil25 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo. Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

countryqt30 wrote: post #2

Not trying to downtalk, but it took you 11 years to pull this off? This is some massively slow growth :D

Yup, that's the difference between bootstrapped and venture-backed businesses. Bootstrapping takes time because you (largely) have to make money before you can invest that money in the business.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by a13n » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

That's really weird that the internet doesn't work with JavaScript disabled in 2019.