| I was and still am working full-time, but I try to put a new side mvp project out every roughly every 6 months which can (hopefully) generate revenue. Ive been doing this for about 2 years, and am launching hopefully my third "successful" project in April. My most recent project ( https://projectpiglet.com/ ) is an AI financial predictor - I started with scripts in 2013 - 2014, I then rewrote it recently to launch as a web service. So you can say it started as a side project, made me money (100% yoy), then after I felt it was validated, I went to expand. My first project ( https://easy-a.net/ ), was built as a weekend project to help some friends. It lets you know the grade distribution of every course, semester and professor of the universities in the system. Further, it provides estimated workload, probably exit grade for you, etc. My friends needed it because they couldn't get in to see a CS advisor at UIUC at the time, because they only had one advisor for ~ 1600 students. The two I have today (aka the remaining "successful" MVPs) are gowing at an alright pace based on how much I put into it. And although I don't plan on leaving my job yet, I'm sure in the next couple years. For reference, I did $3k the first year from my projects, $7k the second, and this year I'm on track for ~$25k+. I think I've heard it called the hockey stick of death.. where it isn't profitable enough to sustain itself, but it's growing... Slowly. It's a pain for SaaS. But I try to improve the products because they are both growing constistently. The project I'm about to launch is built off my most recent platform ( https://projectpiglet.com/ ). I think I can build at least four apps off of it - which I why I built it. More MVPs to try for the market! List of ideas that haven't made it (yet at least): - http://synaptitude.me - http://lettergram.github.io/AnyCrypt/ - thinksuite - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/synaptitude/thinksuite-... - pearlywhiteparcels - toothbrush deliveries (similar to Dollar shave club), couldn't find enough partners with dentists (probably didn't want you to clean your own teeth lol) |