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Off topic: if you’re a private business owner - why share your revenues? It seems like more negative than good can come from it. (A) if you’re in enterprise s
by alberth 4y ago
Off topic: if you’re a private business owner - why share your revenues?
It seems like more negative than good can come from it.
(A) if you’re in enterprise software - potential customers might be scared away by how “little” your revenues are
(b) you’re inadvertently begging for new competition when another solo developer thinks I can do better and cheaper.
Etc.
- blueflow 4y agoI think its for Self-Promotion.
- simonswords82 4y ago100% this - it allows the author to get away with posting what is otherwise a total fluff piece promoting their website. Without hard data, interesting anecdotes and other facts the post won't gain as much traction on sites like HN/Twitter etc.
- chadash 4y agoWell, it sure got me interested in hearing more about the story. As far as competition, as the article makes clear, it wouldn't be that easy to compete. You'd need to be located in Japan, read English (or you are unlikely to have read this article in the first place), and then go through all the hurdles that they went through.
- risyachka 4y agoOption B really never works. Those who have a relevant set of skills (and it is a lot of skills from different disciplines required to run a business) - can easily estimate how much you can earn from website like this, so if they didn't do it before - they won't start now. Those who didn't know how much businesses like this makes - lack a ton of other skills to compete. And you can't cheat a ton of time and money investment. If they didn't start a business like this, 99,99% they won't. And if they will, there must be a ton of stars aligned to make it into any viable competition.
- janmo 4y agoMakes for a good click bait title ;)