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Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by cromulent »

dralley wrote: post #176
tengbretson wrote: post #175

Of course I check the comments here and theres the usual chorus of dismissals as "just luck." It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them. In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first…

This is basically the origin of the saying "you create your own luck". Luck is absolutely, 100% a factor here, but you won't get lucky without putting the effort in first.

"Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck."

-- Roald Amundsen

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Post by dgs_sgd »

vmception wrote: post #58

I would ignore most of this advice and simplify it this way: Act Immediately Get an influencer All the rest of OP's journey doesn't really matter. My newest venture this summer did 7 figures after I got motivated by watching Hamilton, this was also a week long period of sales, which came after a 2 week long period of idea and building hype. It definitely came down to doing something very trendy and having people know…

I was similarly motivated after reading Chernow's biography of Hamilton. Reading about how he wrote his 51 essays for the Federalist Papers in such a short time, often publishing one or more per week... that kind of intellectual energy really blew me away.

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Post by maciejw »

What blows my mind is how humble and optimistic that post is. I think the author is still a little bit sceptic: he was well prepared and after initial success he executed perfectly but still: what are the odds? Good luck!

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Post by triceratops »

bdcravens wrote: post #117
kyran_adept wrote: post #7

As an Android user, I am completely blown away by two things: #1 iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version, #2 iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an icon pack.

Other than the derisive "sheeple" response, why do people stick with iPhones when Androids have more desirable features?

They last longer physically. Apple supports them with updates and security fixes for absurd lengths of time (like 5 years or something). So if you take care of your phone it's better for the environment.

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Post by mdorazio »

jacquesm wrote: post #86
macNchz wrote: post #29

It’s funny how trends change but Apple users’ appetite for icons stays the same...10 years ago Apple made the navigation icons in iTunes greyscale instead of color. I wasn’t sold on it so I fired up ResEdit and quickly edited the old icons into the new sprite file inside the app package. I saw other people complaining online so I posted the updated resource file on my $5/mo shared hosting and put a link on a forum...…

Nothing like free users when it comes to entitlement. I think this is mostly because they don't realize which companies are large and which are small or even just hobby projects, it is trivial to appear much larger than you are on the web.

A lot of free users also simply have no concept of how much effort something takes since they've never done it themselves, and by extension have no concept of what that effort translates to in zero cost labor. It's something I see a lot in the maker side of the world with things like 3d printable files.

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Post by acomms »

somesortofthing wrote: post #168
edoceo wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Luck" is what happens when the prepared are given opportunity.

Being "prepared" for a given opportunity is often trivial. Whether the opportunity you're prepared for ever arises is luck.

If you're good and persistent eventually you get lucky. Most people just give up because being persistent is emotionally draining.

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Post by bmh100 »

bityard wrote: post #191
bmh100 wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that the article does not describe a repeatable process. Maybe the author's experience is repeatable, but that is not part of the content. The most critical component was the marketing, i.e. "going viral" on Twitter. Some marketing firms specialize in doing so and seem to have skill, yet I see no indication of where the author intentionally took steps to achieve that effect. Therefore, yes, it does see…

Is that a problem, though? A major component of success is in fact luck. Doing the right thing at just the right time, with enough prior planning and skill to be able to follow through if it takes off. If making a bunch of money somehow with few hurdles was reliably repeatable, everyone would start doing it. Until the market is saturated and then it stops being repeatable. First mover advantage ties into this here, a…

I have to disagree that a major component of success in business is luck, generally speaking. A successful business relies on having repeatable processes that generate profit. If one wants to talk about becoming a billionaire or growing a social media company to the level of IPO, then I concede that an above-average degree of luck is involved.
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