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Re:Ask HN: Getting depressed about money. How do I make a me... by mlboss on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:00PM (#23919759)
I think you should read The Black Swan. FAANG type companies are rare events. Nobody can plan a Unicorn company. They just happens. Look at the list of dead products that Google/Facebook creates every year. Even managers at FAANG don't know what is going to work.

You can focus on creating sustainable small software business. I don't know if you have read "Start small, Stay small" by Rob Wallings. It talks about creating a sustainable small business on the side.

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Re:Ask HN: Getting depressed about money. How do I make a me... by mcdoug on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:35PM (#23920149)
I haven't seen that particular book and will give it a read, but I have attempted about a dozen lifestyle SaaS businesses. All went best like I was selling peanuts at an allergy sufferers' convention. I am always looking for more opportunities for something like this, but nothing so far has had the right overlap of profitable/my area of expertise/not requiring a stupidly high upfront investment.
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