Comments on: Moonlighters Dilema: Guide to Starting a Startup Partime http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/ A zoo of the most recent buzz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Rhett Maxwell http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-2 Rhett Maxwell Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:59:16 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-2 Thanks for the post. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Abhijit Gadgil http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-3 Abhijit Gadgil Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:43:02 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-3 Couldn't agree to you more, being a moonlighter myself. Actually, I just wanted to add one more point that is "If you are moonlighting.. its better to have a team of two. One of the two will keep the fire burning.... But scaling beyond two is difficult" In our case its pilot (Siddharth) who's doing that most of the times and me doing it some times, but overall the progress is pretty good so far. Comments? Couldn’t agree to you more, being a moonlighter myself.

Actually, I just wanted to add one more point that is “If you are moonlighting.. its better to have a team of two. One of the two will keep the fire burning…. But scaling beyond two is difficult” In our case its pilot (Siddharth) who’s doing that most of the times and me doing it some times, but overall the progress is pretty good so far.

Comments?

]]> By: Joe Entrepreneur http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-4 Joe Entrepreneur Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:17:48 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-4 This is GREAT Post. Yes, I remember getting little bit discouraged whenever I read Paul Grahams writings about how important it is to be devoted Full-Time and only hackers can do this best. Well being moonlighter myself, I see things differently. What I know is that Persistence is key and having faith is key. Persistance is important because it is harder to finish the job than just to start it. Not sure what others think but I am working on building this Social Market Place http://www.onista.com for last 5-6 months (by myself all moonlighting) and I am well on the course have launch within next 2 months. Yes it took me longer than usual, but I am confident that I am finishing the job. After launch, then I will see the response from users and then I can decide if I need to do this full time or not. My suggestion to moonlighters is that, Have faith and be persistent and focussed. Things will happen. This is GREAT Post.
Yes, I remember getting little bit discouraged whenever I read Paul Grahams writings about how important it is to be devoted Full-Time and only hackers can do this best.
Well being moonlighter myself, I see things differently. What I know is that Persistence is key and having faith is key. Persistance is important because it is harder to finish the job than just to start it.

Not sure what others think but I am working on building this Social Market Place http://www.onista.com for last 5-6 months (by myself all moonlighting) and I am well on the course have launch within next 2 months.
Yes it took me longer than usual, but I am confident that I am finishing the job.
After launch, then I will see the response from users and then I can decide if I need to do this full time or not.

My suggestion to moonlighters is that, Have faith and be persistent and focussed. Things will happen.

]]> By: David Smit http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-5 David Smit Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:58:05 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-5 Kevin Rose was still doing TechTV while the first version of Digg was launched. I think by the time he started working on digg permanently he was pretty sure it was going to be a success. I believe that Moonlighting is the way to start a startup. Kevin Rose was still doing TechTV while the first version of Digg was launched. I think by the time he started working on digg permanently he was pretty sure it was going to be a success.

I believe that Moonlighting is the way to start a startup.

]]> By: Joe Entrepreneur http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-6 Joe Entrepreneur Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:55:44 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-6 Wow. I did not knew about Kevin Rose launched digg while he was at TechTV. That is inspiring. Thanks for the info David. Wow. I did not knew about Kevin Rose launched digg while he was at TechTV. That is inspiring. Thanks for the info David.

]]> By: Pmasy Flox http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-7 Pmasy Flox Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:39:50 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-7 Great post! Not all ideas are destined to become successful startups. Monlighting to get a beta/prototype out can be very valuable in getting a feel for the market interest and size. I have been moonlighting to create a "Charting Server" and have got a Amazon Sales Rank Charting Server out at http://charteo.us. The response hasn't been what I had imagined. I even bought adwords for "[Amazon] Sales Rank" to get an estimate of the market size by counting impressions per day. Guess what? Less than 50-75 people make this query every day -- certainly not enough to sustain a startup or any business. Ofcourse there are startups that create their own market! Great post!

Not all ideas are destined to become successful startups. Monlighting to get a beta/prototype out can be very valuable in getting a feel for the market interest and size.

I have been moonlighting to create a “Charting Server” and have got a Amazon Sales Rank Charting Server out at http://charteo.us. The response hasn’t been what I had imagined. I even bought adwords for “[Amazon] Sales Rank” to get an estimate of the market size by counting impressions per day. Guess what? Less than 50-75 people make this query every day — certainly not enough to sustain a startup or any business.

Ofcourse there are startups that create their own market!

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]]> By: Joe Entrepreneur http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-11 Joe Entrepreneur Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:10:47 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-11 Recently I added more information (FAQ) on http://www.onista.com and also added a simple form where interested people can provide their email address so I can let them know when actual application will become available for public use. It was GREAT to see someone entering first email address there. The entered address is fad@das.com (Sounds fake) but it is good to knwo that someone is actually looking at the site. Recently I added more information (FAQ) on http://www.onista.com and also added a simple form where interested people can provide their email address so I can let them know when actual application will become available for public use.

It was GREAT to see someone entering first email address there. The entered address is fad@das.com (Sounds fake) but it is good to knwo that someone is actually looking at the site.

]]> By: noname-community project http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-13 noname-community project Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:00:35 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-13 <strong>Teilzeit-Startup...</strong> Es wird einem immer eingetrichtert, wenn du was machst, mach es komplett richtig oder lass es komplett sein. Will man nun ein etwas größeres Projekt angehen und das Ganze auch ordentlich durchziehen, Marketing, Design und Code, dann steht man vor der... Teilzeit-Startup…

Es wird einem immer eingetrichtert, wenn du was machst, mach es komplett richtig oder lass es komplett sein. Will man nun ein etwas größeres Projekt angehen und das Ganze auch ordentlich durchziehen, Marketing, Design und Code, dann steht man vor der…

]]> By: Rami http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-14 Rami Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:26:17 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-14 Great post ezran; I struggle with this too; I have a fulltime job, part-time school and http://WorkHack.com. I agree with you that long chunks of time are better; I am most productive on a 12 hours stretch on a weekend where I design and program. For shorter chunks over the week, I blog, answer feedback and take care of marketing. Good luck on your app. Great post ezran; I struggle with this too; I have a fulltime job, part-time school and http://WorkHack.com. I agree with you that long chunks of time are better; I am most productive on a 12 hours stretch on a weekend where I design and program. For shorter chunks over the week, I blog, answer feedback and take care of marketing.

Good luck on your app.

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]]> By: Starting a Startup http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-477 Starting a Startup Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:02:54 +0000 http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/#comment-477 Sticking with it and determination are key, no one can deny that at all its critical. There will be times when you cannot be bothered to do anything but you just have to keep pressing. Sticking with it and determination are key, no one can deny that at all its critical. There will be times when you cannot be bothered to do anything but you just have to keep pressing.

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