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Quote: You’ve probably got lots of side-projects; they’re all exciting in their own way.[...] Focus on getting one launched [...] Otherwise, you might be spread

Quote: You’ve probably got lots of side-projects; they’re all exciting in their own way.[...] Focus on getting one launched [...] Otherwise, you might be spreading yourself too thin. That's so true for me. There are so many exiting things to do, and I'm trying to do start them all (for me those are statistics, Java concurrency, Haskell). The result is predictable - a bunch of started projects, nothing completed, no satisfaction of the work done. It's easy to start, but it requires discipline to continue. I am trying to figure out what can help to build this discipline and the habit to complete.

xur17 13y ago
I definitely struggle with this. I have a relatively successful side project, but I keep coming up with other good ideas. It's difficult at times to stay on task. I made a pretty neat little app that would send notifications when products were available for purchase (such as the xbox one and ps4, which were difficult to find), and it did pretty well over the holidays, but it's too distracting from my main side project. I've looked into hiring someone to handle promotion / day to day activities for it in exchange for a percentage of profits, but I'm wasting too much time trying to figure out how the taxes work when splitting profits vs paying a flat fee. Does anyone have experience trying to sell side projects? This project has potential, but I simply don't have the time to dedicate to it right now, and would rather focus on my main side project.
- captainmartyn 13y ago
  Have you considered selling on a site like https://flippa.com/ https://flippa.com/?
  - xur17 13y ago
    I was just looking at that site the other night. I need to take a look around more, and get a better idea of how it works / pricing, but it looks like it could work. Does anyone have experience selling on that site?

xur17 13y ago

I definitely struggle with this. I have a relatively successful side project, but I keep coming up with other good ideas. It's difficult at times to stay on task. I made a pretty neat little app that would send notifications when products were available for purchase (such as the xbox one and ps4, which were difficult to find), and it did pretty well over the holidays, but it's too distracting from my main side project. I've looked into hiring someone to handle promotion / day to day activities for it in exchange for a percentage of profits, but I'm wasting too much time trying to figure out how the taxes work when splitting profits vs paying a flat fee. Does anyone have experience trying to sell side projects? This project has potential, but I simply don't have the time to dedicate to it right now, and would rather focus on my main side project.

captainmartyn 13y ago
Have you considered selling on a site like https://flippa.com/ https://flippa.com/?
- xur17 13y ago
  I was just looking at that site the other night. I need to take a look around more, and get a better idea of how it works / pricing, but it looks like it could work. Does anyone have experience selling on that site?