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Re:Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer? by kyriakos on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:19AM (#12318829)
since you already tried this out. Were your projects similar to other services or they were completely new ideas?

I am wondering if it is easier to launch in a proven market and get a small portion of the pie rather than create a new idea that might end up not working out.

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Re:Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer? by fiftyacorn on Friday August 19, 2016 @07:03AM (#12319192)
Generally sport related - but pushing technology. The problem was there was no market - in a few instances markets were established later but I had left by then. The upside is i can still trade on tech skills

Its a paradox of I can build anything, so why cant I build something that makes money

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Re:Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer? by gbrits on Friday August 19, 2016 @10:10AM (#12320105)
option 3: go after a niche in a proven market and rule that (i.e.: a beachhead market). After that expand.
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Re:Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer? by kyriakos on Friday August 19, 2016 @11:35AM (#12320769)
Obviously that's the best option but finding that niche might still mean you have to create an mvp and jump through all the hoops multiple times to validate it.
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