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A few (or even just one) examples of this approach yielding real results would have made this article worth reading. Results are what matter in startups, not a
by jonmc12 17y ago
A few (or even just one) examples of this approach yielding real results would have made this article worth reading. Results are what matter in startups, not applause.
- patio11 17y ago37Signals is a (fairly successful) product company whose products were all nights-and-weekends developments while doing client work. I will refrain from calling myself "real results" since I don't know what your criteria for that are, but my new hobby replaced WoWing away my nights-and-weekends. Less dragons, better loot.
- ahoyhere 17y agoI'd say they're more than "fairly" successful: http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2008/02/25/37signals-is-one-hell-of-a-profitable-business/ http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2008/02/25/37signals-is-one-... Especially since we all know that they've turned down lots of buy offers, and only accepted an investment from Amazon to have access to Bezos. How dreamy. Not that that proves their assertions are universally applicable, however, they certainly prove that side projects CAN be a (much less treacherous) path to success. For what it's worth, that's what we're doing with our time tracking service, Freckle (http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com). Just last week, we passed revenue of $4k/mo and I estimate we'll be able to live off it by end of January 2010.