Articles tagged "solopreneurship"

How a 274-line anonymous confession script collected 10,000+ posts and outperformed my 2-year startup — a story from 2009 about Product-Zeitgeist Fit. (Feb 2026)

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I spent 15 years failing at side projects. Then I turned every lesson into an AI tool that tells you if your startup idea will die. (Feb 2026)

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Ten lessons learned from building OneMillionDollar.link, a viral project that reached $340 per link transaction. (Oct 2024)

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An inspiring story about a guy made $10K with 161 lines of Javascript and plain html. (Sep 2023)

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Three critical mistakes I made building a link directory site: fighting Google's algorithms, using Excel as a database, and forcing content into category trees. (Aug 2023)

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Why are fewer developers starting their own ventures? Changed profiles, rising complexity, and users expecting everything for free. (Nov 2022)

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Six filters I use to decide whether to start a side project — from solving a real problem to still caring three days later. (Jul 2016)

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How unpix.in turned curiosity into $2,500 in Bitcoin revenue, then died when the currency became too valuable to spend and the creator pool hit its ceiling. (Jun 2016)

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How resm.in, an invite-only photo Q&A platform, got two users married — then died from a single identity-shattering feature. (Jan 2016)

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How building a Reddit clone for Turkey taught me to follow organic traction, avoid the platform trap, and validate before writing a single line of code. (Jan 2014)

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Five dynamics that make online communities thrive: people, ideological tension, anonymity, connection, and knowing when to step back. (Aug 2012)

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How cubb.in engineered the perfect curiosity hook but failed because viral growth without retention is just a firework—spectacular and brief. (Jun 2012)

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How sitepiyango.com attracted 363 sites organically, got killed by one blogger's post, and why I should have pivoted instead of panicking. (Jan 2012)

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How my first startup bilsin.com taught me that distribution beats product, know your audience, and set kill criteria before you start. (Jan 2010)

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