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If it makes you feel any better it took me 11 years to make any money with my startup.

• matte_black 9y ago
  Why did it take you 11 years? This doesn’t sound like a startup, more like a monetized hobby.
  • danieltillett 9y ago
    It is a long, long story [0]. 0. https://www.tillett.info/2015/06/24/why-i-kept-my-startup-in-australia-and-why-it-was-crazy/ https://www.tillett.info/2015/06/24/why-i-kept-my-startup-in...
    • matte_black 9y ago
      Wow, I would say though even if you had moved to the US you could have revised history a bit after you became successful and still been local heroes in Australia. Startups do this kind of creative story-retelling all the time.
      • danieltillett 9y ago
        The nice thing about bootstrapping is you don't have to get involved in these creative story-retellings. I was a fool and I am fine admitting it (in my own defence I was a scientist who really didn't know much about business). I should really write a follow up on this post as things have improved quite a lot here in Australia in regards funding. It is still difficult, but there is a startup ecosystem developing here.