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Irrespective of what you think of Levels, he's shown me that it's a case of keep trying. He has 215k followers, has tried 70 different things, and only done wel
by c16 4y ago
Irrespective of what you think of Levels, he's shown me that it's a case of keep trying. He has 215k followers, has tried 70 different things, and only done well with 4 of them [1].
I'm in the same boat - I've tried many things, and most have failed. I currently have a side project with 1k users making no money, and I'm going to try monetise it - but I expect it to most likely fail. And I'm okay with it.
There's joy in being creative, making, growing, marketing, trying, learning. I can't remember where I read it, but once a founder makes their money, they often get lost in life. The common advice is then: "now do it again but this time enjoy the journey".
> They make it seem like building a successful startup is easy [...] [but] It's fucking hard and it takes more than just a positive attitude to make it.
Welcome to startups! Another great quote I read was "Bam! Overnight success story! It only took 7.5 years" [2].
[1] https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1457315274466594817 https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1457315274466594817
[2] https://siliconvict.com/articles/5-lessons-starting-a-500m-a-5m-company-in-5-years https://siliconvict.com/articles/5-lessons-starting-a-500m-a...