Re:Ask YC: Is there a recession/depression coming?
by nostrademons on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @09:50PM
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What market are you in?
6 months seems to be cutting it pretty close - as a general rule, everything takes 2-3 times longer than you expect it will. Remember, there's a good chance your first launch will fail. We launched 2 sites in the 9 months where I kept my day job, and both went kerplop. That could be because of a half-hearted effort (the app I'm working on was also the main plan, I just couldn't concentrate enough to build it while I still had the day job), but in general easy sites don't make money, and sites that make money aren't easy.
6 months seems to be cutting it pretty close - as a general rule, everything takes 2-3 times longer than you expect it will. Remember, there's a good chance your first launch will fail. We launched 2 sites in the 9 months where I kept my day job, and both went kerplop. That could be because of a half-hearted effort (the app I'm working on was also the main plan, I just couldn't concentrate enough to build it while I still had the day job), but in general easy sites don't make money, and sites that make money aren't easy.