That are interesting questions, thanks for asking:
Do you think you could do it again?
Let me answer it first in a clumsy-sounding way: I want to be able to do it again, because I want to think of myself as someone who did a few things right and didn't ONLY have a ton of luck.
I think the knowledge I have helps me to do it again. I think that I have a few values and advantages that will enable me to do it again. Namely: I can distinguish between between good and crappy ideas. I can evaluate ideas relatively quickly and tell if I'd do them or not. I'm still down to earth, don't buy the hype and focus on stuff that seems to be a viable long-term business opportunity.
All these things I just listed are also big disadvantages: I dismiss many ideas that might be feasible as utter crap. In fact, I think most ideas are really bad. Even successful ones. Unfortunately, I feel that I can't see problems in a lucid way. For me, for almost everything there's already a solution, which is dangerous thinking, because I don't easily try and start new things. I'm a bit complacent in this way.
Are you working on the next thing or happy enough with this success?
I'm happy with the success and I'm working on expanding the existing business. But sometimes I feel like being on a plateau. No matter what I do, the business simply grows with a small linear rate.
A couple weeks back, I didn't check my analytics and metrics for 2 months or so. Nothing changed. My SEO rankings improved over time by doing...nothing. The amount of active people increased a bit, by doing nothing.
This is a good thing, but it also feels like there's nothing I can do to make it grow faster. I'll try a few things in 2014 though.
Anyways, I'm in a super-comfortable position. I can take vacation whenever I want (and I do), I make more money than I spend, I make more money than in my old 40-hour-week job, I don't have to think about money at all. If I want, I work 4-5 hours a week and still get paid fully. This is the perfect situation to start something new.
So, as I said, I'm happy with my success, but it's also boring sometimes. I want to start something new and I know that the fruits I enjoy won't last forever. I don't know what's gonna happen in 10 years, but I feel like I need a second business to be less dependant on my first one.
Do you think you could do it again?
Let me answer it first in a clumsy-sounding way: I want to be able to do it again, because I want to think of myself as someone who did a few things right and didn't ONLY have a ton of luck.
I think the knowledge I have helps me to do it again. I think that I have a few values and advantages that will enable me to do it again. Namely: I can distinguish between between good and crappy ideas. I can evaluate ideas relatively quickly and tell if I'd do them or not. I'm still down to earth, don't buy the hype and focus on stuff that seems to be a viable long-term business opportunity.
All these things I just listed are also big disadvantages: I dismiss many ideas that might be feasible as utter crap. In fact, I think most ideas are really bad. Even successful ones. Unfortunately, I feel that I can't see problems in a lucid way. For me, for almost everything there's already a solution, which is dangerous thinking, because I don't easily try and start new things. I'm a bit complacent in this way.
Are you working on the next thing or happy enough with this success?
I'm happy with the success and I'm working on expanding the existing business. But sometimes I feel like being on a plateau. No matter what I do, the business simply grows with a small linear rate.
A couple weeks back, I didn't check my analytics and metrics for 2 months or so. Nothing changed. My SEO rankings improved over time by doing...nothing. The amount of active people increased a bit, by doing nothing.
This is a good thing, but it also feels like there's nothing I can do to make it grow faster. I'll try a few things in 2014 though.
Anyways, I'm in a super-comfortable position. I can take vacation whenever I want (and I do), I make more money than I spend, I make more money than in my old 40-hour-week job, I don't have to think about money at all. If I want, I work 4-5 hours a week and still get paid fully. This is the perfect situation to start something new.
So, as I said, I'm happy with my success, but it's also boring sometimes. I want to start something new and I know that the fruits I enjoy won't last forever. I don't know what's gonna happen in 10 years, but I feel like I need a second business to be less dependant on my first one.