Ask YC: how to best make money on the side?

Re:Ask YC: how to best make money on the side? by fleaflicker on Monday October 22, 2007 @12:49PM (#71192)

don't--you can't do a startup on the side, it won't work.

you have a finite amount of (creative) energy. it's all or nothing.

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Re:Ask YC: how to best make money on the side? by yubrew on Monday October 22, 2007 @01:43PM (#71214)

Full-time effort >> part-time effort. However, there are cases where part time is good enough.

It varies on how much (smart and well funded) competition there is, barriers to entry, your own personal ambitions. In general, larger and stupider the competition, the more likely you can do ok with part-time effort.

Joel's post on being a Ben and Jerry's vs. an Amazon can give some insight on this topic: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html

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Re:Ask YC: how to best make money on the side? by edw519 on Monday October 22, 2007 @03:08PM (#71236)

Part-time effort always > no effort

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Re:Ask YC: how to best make money on the side? by imsteve on Monday October 22, 2007 @05:52PM (#71287)

Way to dodge the question. You provided this guy with no realistic answer.

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Re:Ask YC: how to best make money on the side? by nanijoe on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @09:53PM (#71914)

Joshua Schachter would disagree with you

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