Startup company failure rates are grossly misleading

Re:Startup company failure rates are grossly misleading by codexon on Monday May 24, 2010 @03:39PM (#1375490)

Well my point is that $2/hour is kind of low.

Whenever I see people giving these estimates about how their blog is earning $5 a day without doing anything, they always seem to be low-balling the amount of time they spent on it.

I've had multiple ad sense websites and they all net below $1/hour. I'm sure I can improve that, but not enough to be a worthwhile part-time job.

I would be happy to have someone prove me wrong by helping me build a low effort $10+/hour blog, but until then, I remain skeptical.

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Re:Startup company failure rates are grossly misleading by MisterWebz on Monday May 24, 2010 @05:28PM (#1375741)

So writing something for 20 minutes every 3 days (which some might even enjoy) counts as a part-time job? It's like saying browsing on HN is a part-time job. Or were you talking about the $5 a day? In that case, yes, you might have to put a little more effort into it.

However, building a blog that earns $5 a day without doing anything(or let's just say, doing a lot less than you're supposed to) is possible, but it's just not ethical.

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Re:Startup company failure rates are grossly misleading by codexon on Monday May 24, 2010 @06:14PM (#1375830)

Let's not get hung up on definitions here. It doesn't really matter if $10/month is a job or just a hobby to you. The important question, is whether or not it is attainable with low effort as you seem to suggest.

I've built a few websites with pagerank 2-4 where I spent more than 20 minutes every 3 days and enjoyed it. All of them have netted less than $10/month over a span of 5 years.

This experience has led me believe it is not possible to even get to $10/month without treating it as a job...unless you happen to enjoy blogging about acai berry and prescription drugs.

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Re:Startup company failure rates are grossly misleading by jacquesm on Monday May 24, 2010 @07:19PM (#1375930)

Let me ask you a few simple question:

Do you have a blog ?

Url please ?

How much money does it make ?

How much time do you spend on keeping it up-to-date ?

How much time did you spend building ?

How much time did you spend gaining your SEO skills?

How long has it been running ?

With those figures we can work out exactly what your hourly rate was, can you provide this ?

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