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Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

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Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#31
I run level09.com, I do services for web/mobile for around 10 clients, I work full time with another company, and I create a lot of side projects (propertify.me, uaeboard, getanymp3.com, flasharabia.com etc ..) I also invest in bitcoin.

I think this year I should be able to make around 180k, but life is getting tricky with all those tasks.

Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#33

It's too early to tell for me. My mvp proof-of-concept was front page on HN and has had a ton of signups, but the manual payment process I'm using really sucks and no one has actually paid yet. I'm currently writing the automated backend to enforce payment (along with some improvements), and then we'll see how much revenue it brings in. http://www.manualviableproduct.com

Pretty cool

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My personal side project, a MUD client for iPhone and iPad, is not even remotely profitable. That's right: online multiplayer text-based games. There are still thousands of them online today, set in fantasy, sci-fi, absurdist, and many other worlds! I knew before I started that it wouldn't make much money. That's not why I wrote it; I wrote it because I wanted this app for myself. It expands to fill much of my free t…

I first learned to program when I was 11 or 12 years old because I was playing MUDs and wanted one of my own so I could implement features and ideas I had. Best of luck. :)

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post #6

My personal side project, a MUD client for iPhone and iPad, is not even remotely profitable. That's right: online multiplayer text-based games. There are still thousands of them online today, set in fantasy, sci-fi, absurdist, and many other worlds! I knew before I started that it wouldn't make much money. That's not why I wrote it; I wrote it because I wanted this app for myself. It expands to fill much of my free t…

I've always held the opinion that, even if you're not making any money, by working on a project you at least learn something new.

My favourite past-time is game development, nothing of value is produced, but I enjoy doing it and I learn more about writing software and OpenGL!

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."

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#37
My first start-up http://moodpanda.com gets donations that covers the hosting and runnings costs and helps hundreds of thousands of people, which is fine with me.

My brand new start-up http://crowdscore.io is targeted at mid to large business's so is going to need quite a bit of cash to get traction, I've had some early interest but I think its going to be a much harder sell than my first.

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We bootstrapped our SaaS company (www.cbinsights.com) and while profitability is not a goal as we reinvest any excess back into hiring, technology, etc, we're doing 7-figures of annual recurring revenue. We launched 4 years ago with 3 folks and should be 20 by this summer assuming we find the right folks (we're 15 now). Just hired our first biz dev guy a couple of months ago. I'd sold the first couple of million in s…

Congrats on your success! Its ironic that your product is a database of "vc's" yet you are bootstrapped. :).

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#39
My brother and I have been working on http://rukus.io for the past year. We've gone from a super simple linear rendering proof-of-concept to an architecture that scales to millions of renders/month. We're not living off this income quite yet, but we haven't given up any equity or taken any funding.

This has been one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things I've ever done despite having to make some serious sacrifices. Even if we don't succeed financially, my personal growth has been reward enough.

Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#40

It's too early to tell for me. My mvp proof-of-concept was front page on HN and has had a ton of signups, but the manual payment process I'm using really sucks and no one has actually paid yet. I'm currently writing the automated backend to enforce payment (along with some improvements), and then we'll see how much revenue it brings in. http://www.manualviableproduct.com

I like! Signed up!
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