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Overnight success is the biggest myth: 10 years and 98% failed projects to make $100k/mo

27 December, 2018 · 604 likes · 123 retweets

Overnight success is the biggest myth out there:

@shpigford spent 10 years making projects until he made http://Baremetrics.com ($100k+/mo).

98% of his projects didn't work out but were shutdown/sold.

That's 2% of his projects working out.

Ship more.

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