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Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business

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672 points jonkuipers | 2 comments | 07 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ipaddr ◴[08 Jul 25 20:46 UTC] No.44503927[source]▶
The validation piece I don't understand. From first sale to first dip to each peak and fall when was the validation reached? First sale, 1k revenue?

You can find 5 users who will pay but that doesn't validate a million a month.

What does product validation mean here.

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scubakid ◴[08 Jul 25 21:06 UTC] No.44504083[source]▶
I think it can vary from person to person depending on your goals. For me, an important signal was that complete strangers were willing to pay. That first Show HN post made all the difference. Without that, this could have ended up in my side project graveyard with 100 other projects.
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1. vladmk ◴[09 Jul 25 03:40 UTC] No.44506149[source]▶
Curious to how many projects you launched you personally resonated with before this one
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2. scubakid ◴[09 Jul 25 04:03 UTC] No.44506246[source]▶
I've only published a small handful of things with a buy button, and all of them were things I used myself. I got into coding in middle school learning how to make simple 2D games to play with friends, and the vast majority of my personal projects over the years have just been for fun.