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I've had more than 10 projects, but also at least 3 big hits. I sense your problem is that you love building stuff, but you are not fascinated or obsessed by b

I've had more than 10 projects, but also at least 3 big hits. I sense your problem is that you love building stuff, but you are not fascinated or obsessed by business. This is why you reliably build really cool and clever things but never make any serious money. Unless you are truly interested in money and business this is unlikely to change except by luck. Find someone like me, or several someone's like me to hang out with, and to brainstorm business concepts, business model variations, marketing spins, brandname ideas... Build your business muscle, or remain an employee forever.

NicoJuicy 9y ago
Do you blog about the marketing you did? What are the 3 big hits?
- kzisme 9y ago
  Patio11 has a pretty extensive blog about marketing software and a bunch of other stuff : https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11
  - NicoJuicy 9y ago
    That is not andriesm :), i know patio11 from HN ;)
jdc0589 9y ago
> I sense your problem is that you love building stuff, but you are not fascinated or obsessed by business. bingo. this is my issue as well.
AstralStorm 9y ago
Sadly, with these projects there seems to be no way to scale or sell at scale. Nor are they impossible to replicate cheaply and easily given the basic idea. Best you could get in my opinion from that is an acquihire. (Which may or may not be better than a straight hire.) No business chops other than straight con will fix that. The best out of these in my opinion is the flower app, the idea could grow (sic).
navalsaini 9y ago
Would you like to give me ideas on promoting halfchess.com?
navalsaini 9y ago
Would you like to give me ideas on promoting halfchess.com?