The real story is that you found a market with huge demands which didn't have much competition (not many design schools) that you could fulfill.
Everything else is irrelevant except for "keep going".
Everything else is irrelevant except for "keep going".
1) Had a few competitors
2) Had web savvy customers
3) Had non web savvy providers
And if you're curious ... We install floor and wall tiles in the bathrooms of large hotels. Everyone laughs at our faces when we tell them what it's about.
Ironically, once a startup is successful, and you ask the founders what made it
successful, they will usually cite all kinds of things that had nothing to do with it. People
are terrible at understanding causation. But in almost every case, the cause was actually
product/market fit.
1. lucky that online education is in huge demand. 2. lucky that there are not many bootcamps doing design. 3. lucky that you were a designer at this time
But as PG often says - "luck is a definite necessity but not the only criteria".
But your article still has a lot of value. The more important part of your message is that:
___ success has nothing to do with your current situation or pedigree ___
Thats what you should focus on. You were probably beating yourself up mentally and worried about a ton of stuff - none of which really mattered in the end. Its a good lesson but its also near impossible to learn without going through it yourself.
I had this idea in Jan 2012 and even did the ground work. - Essentially devbootcamp type thing and I didn't pursue it because I'm really bad at teaching people - I get very annoyed very fast :) ...