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Ask HN: How many startups have you started?

7 points by consta 12y ago

Quick question, how many startups have you been a founding member of? How many of those have failed? Feel free to add URLs.

TophWells 12y ago
Zero.
shankysingh 12y ago
Three 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/ http://www.helpingfaceless.com/
RighteousFervor 12y ago
I've had as many startups fail as HN usernames hellbanned. Lost count.
- S4M 12y ago
  How long did you spend on your startups that failed approximately?
- ihatehandles 12y ago
  Ouch. How was the end though? One worked or you decided to lay it off a bit
sumitmehrotrra 12y ago
Working on https://www.engageperpage.com https://www.engageperpage.com
sergiotapia 12y ago
I've started 2. 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/ 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.
- hfourm 12y ago
  hey, thats awesome -- i think i sent you some hodge podge code & idea for a item build tool earlier this year :P
hashtree 12y ago
1/0 (bootstrapped and solo) 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!
ihatehandles 12y ago
Talking serious startups (not odd weekend hacks) I started 3. 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

7 points by consta 12y ago

Quick question, how many startups have you been a founding member of? How many of those have failed? Feel free to add URLs.

TophWells 12y ago

Zero.

shankysingh 12y ago

Three 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/ http://www.helpingfaceless.com/

RighteousFervor 12y ago

I've had as many startups fail as HN usernames hellbanned. Lost count.

S4M 12y ago
How long did you spend on your startups that failed approximately?
ihatehandles 12y ago
Ouch. How was the end though? One worked or you decided to lay it off a bit

sumitmehrotrra 12y ago

Working on https://www.engageperpage.com https://www.engageperpage.com

sergiotapia 12y ago

I've started 2. 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/ 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.

hfourm 12y ago
hey, thats awesome -- i think i sent you some hodge podge code & idea for a item build tool earlier this year :P

hashtree 12y ago

1/0 (bootstrapped and solo) 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!

ihatehandles 12y ago

Talking serious startups (not odd weekend hacks) I started 3. 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