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> I'm willing to take until the end of summer working on it full-time and exploring other ideas adjacent to it, but I can not justify working a lot longer on it
by LapsangGuzzler 3y ago
> I'm willing to take until the end of summer working on it full-time and exploring other ideas adjacent to it, but I can not justify working a lot longer on it without any significant revenue.
If you’re picking up one paying user per week and there are what, 10 weeks of summer left, then you’ve kinda already answered your question.
If you enjoy doing it and have a vision, I’d recommend seeking a more reliable source of income and keep nurturing the project. The worst thing you could is put all of your eggs into that one basket now and not get the kind of sustenance that you need.
- rglullis 3y agoWell, the one customer-a-week rate was while I had minimal effort into it. Part of the efforts that I do see feasible for the short term: - Adding different types of services. Instead of doing the hosting of whole instance, perhaps I could serve a niche of existing admins. E.g, global search on the fediverse is something that could be of interest of lots of people. - Going upmarket. Instead of making instances for individuals/small groups, I can start offering something more focused on the SMB segment and charge accordingly. - Packaging a course: for the life of me I do not understand why there are no influencers getting into the fediverse, or why there aren't more professional photographers setting up their own (ActivityPub-based) websites and using POSSE to distribute their content to the larger networks. > The worst thing you could is put all of your eggs into that one basket Yes, 100% agree. This is part of the reason that I am not going after VC. I'm also looking into all my other past projects (my profile describes some of them) and I would like to create a "portfolio of small bets".