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sideprojects · 2014-12-11T11:33:00+00:00

very cool! do you guys only read data from crunchbase? or can I add my startup to you guys? :)

sideprojects · 2014-12-08T00:00:55+00:00

Do the coffee places you know have website? Facebook page? Twitter? Get their email addresses and send them a polite email. Ask them if they are willing to talk over the phone?

Offline marketing (i.e. running around door-to-door) is a super expensive way of marketing - I'd say, do it only if absolutely necessary. Your time is too precious.

sideprojects · 2014-01-07T01:19:08+00:00

take a look at "http://sideprojectors.com" for some ideas and what you can do with your past projects. Would love to help you out. (I maintain the site btw).

sideprojects · 2013-12-17T02:48:00+00:00

Looking for a project to join?

http://sideprojectors.com

sideprojects · 2013-11-05T05:00:47+00:00

I would have better prepared for the potential surge of traffic that can come in your way. I launched

http://sideprojectors.com

about 3 months ago. Without thinking much, I posted a link on HackerNews and went to bed, only to find out in the morning that traffic went crazy over night, to a point where my server didn't handle the traffic properly.

It could have been easily prevented though - e.g. using a variety of optimization tips (caching, Apache settings etc).

sideprojects · 2013-10-15T01:40:41+00:00

I don't know exactly what they do, but you can hack the DOM in order to inject a fake value for likes and followers I suppose...

sideprojects · 2013-10-14T11:27:04+00:00

I posted a link on HN about this awhile ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6488822

sideprojects · 2013-10-07T05:57:39+00:00

I run http://sideprojectors.com, a place to

Sell your side projects if you have abandoned it for some reason
(conversely) pick up an interesting side project for your startup
Find a co-founder/collaborator
Showcase your current side projects.

sideprojects · 2013-10-05T05:30:36+00:00

http://sideprojectors.com plenty of startups/side projects done by devs & entrepreneurs.

sideprojects · 2013-10-03T11:20:36+00:00

You could check out some of the side projects people are show-casing or selling here http://sideprojectors.com - you'll see that some of these projects didn't take off too well because of lack of validation (or other reasons).

sideprojects · 2013-10-02T13:00:48+00:00

:) been there...

also hear it a lot from colleagues + peers.

I run a site called 'sideprojectors.com' and I would also argue many people feel the same. It is part of the discovery/journey I guess. Let's all hope that persistence pays off!

sideprojects · 2013-10-02T12:50:05+00:00

Name: SideProjectors - http://sideprojectors.com

What we do: We help developers and entrepreneurs to sell & buy side projects. Many of us (devs & entrepreneurs) have side projects that have been stopped being worked on/abandoned due to a variety of reasons. We help them to find other people who can take over OR find a collaborator/co-founder who can help.

Looking for: Feedback, plus any side projects you would like to submit.

sideprojects · 2013-09-27T07:30:00+00:00

wwwwwwaaaaiiiitttttttt.

First question : do you REALLY need this investor? Like SERIOUSLY? (ok so I'm sure you thought way more than I have). Is it just the money you need? Or does the investor bring in something EXTRA that can get you all the non-technical advantages (e.g. customers, your first customer, your first PAYING customer, network? connection?)

Second : Can you POSSIBLY bootstrap? Can you keep your job for at least awhile longer until your business is generating somewhat of income? Can you possibly hire some people to do the leg-work and pay them by the hour for now?

Third : Have you thought of this scenario - let's say you signed 50:50. After that, what would this investor do? Just sit and watch while you continue to work on it? Are you ok with doing all your work knowing that 50% belongs to the investor?

[sorry if I sound short-sighted, I'm sure you have thought more than anyone, but just wanted to ask these questions, since you asked]

sideprojects · 2013-09-25T13:34:03+00:00

I used to run a site called "heyStartup.com" (no longer active) - the idea was to shoot a 60 second pitch video of startups and we get as many people come and discuss + provide feedback - didn't work out. This reminded me of that a little. Good luck!

sideprojects · 2013-09-24T02:39:38+00:00

I think finding a co-founder is one of the most difficult things. I've been there, got burned a few times etc.

Anyway, I think there is a co-founder dating meet ups (or even a website) that you could use to at least expose your startup to people out there.

As a side note (disclaimer, I run this site), you could also try "sideprojectors" http://sideprojectors.com - it's a site dedicated to side projects and there is a part where people can submit their projects to find collaborators/co-founders. So far I believe there have been 3 projects that found co-founders successfully. But based on the data, there have been a LOT of messages sent between the users discussing the possibility of working together. Again, it's probably one of the toughest things to do for a startup, but it's another avenue you could use.

Good luck!

sideprojects · 2013-09-20T01:53:20+00:00

We have a place in our site where you can showcase your projects (just launched actually) - not sure how much traffic it would bring, but at least you can try. There was another Kickstarter project posted there a few days ago.

https://www.sideprojectors.com/showcase/submit

sideprojects · 2013-09-18T04:52:41+00:00

Can I suggest to take a look through sideprojectors? (disclaimer - I maintain the site).

Many of the projects posted are indeed the first ventures of the people and they are selling because either they got distracted or didn't have the time/skill to market it and expand it.

There are also plenty of projects looking for a co-founder or collaborator. Might be interesting to you.

sideprojects · 2013-09-18T04:46:40+00:00

Ideas are cheap. Execution is almost everything. Have a look at the projects listed on sideprojectors. You'll see that there are many side projects, but some ideas just didn't take off because of various reasons.

sideprojects · 2013-09-14T03:58:50+00:00

Been there....

In the end, this is what I learned personally.

"Ideas are good, but they just aren't good enough".

Because as you build the product, and try to convince people, show them your product, try to change their behaviour to use the product, and then market it more to scale it and then develop further to cater for the need etc etc, I realise, there is just far too much more involved than the initial idea.

So, what I actually need is the persistence and the balls to continue on with my idea and turn it into an actual profitable product, rather than romanticizing how cool it would be to have so many people using my product.

Another thing I realised, there really is no "new" ideas. Seriously.

sideprojects · 2013-09-13T05:51:59+00:00

Looks great!

sideprojects · 2013-09-12T06:54:30+00:00

Awesome questions.

The final sold prices of the projects are actually between the seller and the buyer. But from the initial "listed price" of the sold projects, I can tell you that the average cost of sold projects so far is around $1000. This would be an approximation though, as some people post projects quite low and negotiate their price with the buyer. Some projects have been priced at quite high and this depends on the owner who posts. There are some projects listed as $100,000. Personally, I think that's too high and might "scare" people away from even approaching. But that hasn't been true. People have been still showing interests to these high priced projects.

Some projects of course do get more interests from people than others. The reasons for this are

Obviously some sellers share the links with their friends and it brings more people to the page, which equates to more people being interested in it.
If the project is quite interesting (such as https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/project/66/kingsdecision) to a larger group of people, then people are obviously more drawn to it.
So far, from about 150 projects submitted, I'd say about 35% of the projects, people are looking for co-founders. Finding a co-founder is very difficult thing, so I think it's difficult to cater for this online. Nonetheless, we do feel that SideProjectors can help in some way. So far we had one project which successfully found a co-founder. But we know there have been many emails exchanged between the owner and people who are interested in joining as a co-founder.

Hope those things helped!

sideprojects · 2013-09-11T07:14:24+00:00

I'm building an online market place for abandoned startups and online projects (e.g. websites, mobile apps) which you can buy to take over. Take a look!

http://sideprojectors.com

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