Ask HN: How many startups have you started?
Quick question, how many startups have you been a founding member of? How many of those have failed? Feel free to add URLs.
One isn't doing as well as we'd hoped because frankly there are just so many alternatives out there and to compete I'd need to invest about $3000 per month in marketing alone. Our costs are minimum since we're 100% intangible and hosting on a DigitalOcean.
The other is non-money making except for advertising on the site. We're ranked #2 in the world in our niche and we could easily swipe #1 but I just don't have the time to implement the necessary features. http://smitecamp.com/ - We've seen traffic increase by about 6% week by week since launch, and Google ranks us favorably because we're a no-bullshit website.
My brother and I are working on #3 - again: 100% focus on advertising for steady revenue. This one I feel we'll hit paydirt. But we'll see.
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The first had traction but no revenue (because of market challenges). So I pulled the plug on it and launched #2 to solve that challenge. #2 grew and is I do it full time now, also just launched #3 3 months ago which had revenue and paying customers from day 1. So I'm just about to re-launch #1 again, see if it will fly or die now that there's no revenue-model excuse
1. Co-founded Aawaz infotech - Failed after 3 years 2. working for Idyllic - pretty successful 3. Starting up Helping Faceless - doing okay
Shameless plug ensues -> Helping Faceless is http://www.helpingfaceless.com/
In nearly every respect, things have gone exceedingly well. Thankful for the positive changes to life it has given my family. Betting on myself was one of the best decisions I've made. Good luck to anyone on the journey!