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I can't say in general, but I can share my own experience. I did a YC startup, struggled, quit, and made the Rails Tutorial (which has gone extremely well). The
by mhartl 15y ago
I can't say in general, but I can share my own experience. I did a YC startup, struggled, quit, and made the Rails Tutorial (which has gone extremely well). There wasn't any way to pivot from the startup to the tutorial; they are completely different kinds of businesses. Among other things, my startup had a cofounder and investors (i.e., YC), whereas the Rails Tutorial is a solo enterprise. Developing an intuition for when to shut things down and move onto something new is an invaluable skill, one I'm only beginning to master.
- Hisoka 15y agoHow do you do marketing for Rails Tutorial? is it mostly search organic traffic? paid traffic? word of mouth?
- mhartl 15y agoInbound links, organic search, and word-of-mouth are the main methods. I experimented with AdWords, but the conversion rate wasn't good enough, and I was too lazy to try to improve it.