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What part of the business did you know without a doubt that you could do, and which part did you know without a doubt that you couldn't do (but you did it anywa

What part of the business did you know without a doubt that you could do, and which part did you know without a doubt that you couldn't do (but you did it anyway)? Is the original business idea living in the current site, or did you significantly pivot? How did you recognize when and in what direction to pivot? How did you all and the business stay alive before profitability? Jobs? Credit cards? Sold your antiques?

rfurlan 15y ago
I don't question myself very often, I don't see myself as super smart or super competent but I believe that you can do anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the "price". Sometimes a project may demand from you more than you are willing to give, but rarely a project will demand the impossible. So I guess I never questioned if there was anything I couldn't do, but I was very aware there are certain things I wouldn't be willing to do (black-hat SEO for example). We have pivoted at least twice but we did so by small steps, we never sat down and decided on a brand new direction. Instead we analyzed the data and changed the incentives in place to guide the community to one direction or another. Regarding keeping the business alive, we didn't quit our day jobs right away and for the first couple of years we treated more like as a hobby. Then eventually we started supplementing our income with it, etc, you get the idea.