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Ask HN: What's better: Having multiple side projects; or devoting all time to one single app? Which has better chance of bringing in more revenues?
by akshaye 18y ago
Ask HN: What's better: Having multiple side projects; or devoting all time to one single app? Which has better chance of bringing in more revenues?
- brianr 18y agoI'm a fan of the "throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks" approach. Build lots of different things until one starts to get traction, and when one does, focus your attention on that.
- rs 18y agoThat's good for well sized projects for the time frame that you're willing to commit to. However, from my experience in the past, I actually tried that on a number of BIG projects - knowing only a couple of things: 1. The ideas were big - thinking about 50k LOC at minimum. 2. I had too much ego to let them go Bad, bad mistake. Bad rs. I scaled back to just working on 1 big project, and maybe toying with 2-3 smaller projects, and it has worked out better. But the essence of your advice is right - work on a number of projects, and focus on one that works.
- njharman 18y agoWhat does YC do? One startup or many?