Comment by mahmud | Hacker News Reader

Comment by mahmud | Hacker News Reader

Zack,

I am a fan, but your recent rash of "sites" is worrisome. You launched: HipHopGoblin (<1 year, down), CustomerFind (1< year ago), NYC-Chicago-Bus (49 days ago), EndAnts (23 days ag), CompassionPit (5 days ago!) and now this, AwesomenessReminders.

When do you even have time to improve, even promote, projects if you're tossing them on a weekly basis? It takes time to make anything monetizable, at least you need to create it first.

I think you're just an small sample of a generation of people who are coming to see businesses as just "idea + landing page". Sell, then build. A/B test today and build when the money piles up. etc. etc.

Slow down, for your own sake. Maybe even work on something you actually care about.

HipHopGoblin had a lot of potential, I used to listen to it; so you're at least capable of discovering and executing good ideas. You just need patience, and maybe someone to ask you "how's it coming?". Perhaps .. ProgressReminder?

> Slow down, for your own sake

I wonder why this has gotten 28 points. WHY should he slow down? I have done many many things myself and some have become very profitable.

From my experience, the fastest route to success is to do what you like. If this guy likes to start a new startup every week then he should go for it. If someone likes to do one thing for 50 years he should go for that. Neither of them would be wrong.

Starting and testing new ideas on a regular basis is all well and good until the quality starts to suffer. CompassionPit looked much better and the concept sounded less like it was conceived by the Onion

CompassionPit has done $0 in revenue this has done $100. Karma value of CompassionPit likely higher.

I wonder how much in total did you make off of your experiments? The micro-idea/implementation model is very interesting by the way.

I know a few people who have made significant amounts of money online, and the "throw lots of things at the wall and see what sticks" definitely works.

Zack: keep at it!

This is what I'm planning to do, though maybe not so many at once, and I'll have one solid focus at a time with only a couple of side projects.

Like any idea or methodology, it can be good in moderation, and with adequate thought. Too much or too carelessly can lead to problems.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1620052

maybe he is creating a bunch of sites in the hope that one of them goes viral? such a strategy may have merit. it's very much hit or miss. but if he keeps trying he may have a hit eventually.

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