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I spent 2 years working on my second to last side project before giving up. I’m now 1 year into my current full-time “side project”

• nobody271 8y ago
  What was the side project that you gave up on?
  • throwaway413 8y ago
    It was a hosted checkout platform for digital service providers, built on top of Stripe, called BillTo (was http://bill.to http://bill.to). I managed to launch an MVP, gain a few customers, and processed ~$40k transaction volume before shutting it down. After 2 years of ups and downs as a sole founder, I got sick of it and moved on. Lesson learned, I should have stuck with it and figured out other ways to manage my burnout.
    • gitgud 8y ago
      Sounds like a roller coaster is that $40k in 2 years?... Still more money than any side project made me....
      • throwaway413 8y ago
        That was just transaction volume on the platform - I made ~$750 on that after my costs (charging processing fees). The $40k occurred within about a 3 month range after working on it for 1.5 years, and then as my burnout kicked in, volume fizzled out for the final 3 months I put into it before quitting.