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How to start my own business? (feddit.org)

submitted 23 hours ago by YUART@feddit.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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Hi,

I'm a programmer with a bunch of years in IT and currently I'm trying to build my own project that can bring me enough revenue so I can leave my full-time job and focus on my projects only and eventually start my own business.

The main struggle right now is that I have too little time to work on my projects (around 3 hours per week) and I estimate it will take me at least 2 more years to start earning anything (not talking about real money so I can leave my full time job). I don't want to create any sort of scam just to grab some cash, but building a real complex software is a time consuming process, not speaking about that I must handle other stuff than programming (which I enjoy but this means I have even more work to do).

I'm wondering if anybody can give me any advice how to speed up that process or where I can get money to be able to focus on my ideas full time? Or maybe somebody tried to do the same and failed and can share what lessons they learned from their mistakes?

I'm looking for a real solutions, so please cut out generic advices like "just keep working" or "just find an angel investor". I understand that starting your own business is hard and requires to take a risk, but I'm looking for practical advices and not advices based on luck or having a huge start capital.

Thanks

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[–] NaibofTabr 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I understand that starting your own business is hard

It's worse than that, starting your own business is sales.

Are you working in some niche field where you have a good idea of who your customer base is already? Do you know 5 people right now who would buy your product today? Why would they buy from you vs. an established software company that also has a customer support team? Do you look forward to working with these customers to integrate your software into their existing workflow? Do you look forward to auditing your software for cybersecurity compliance?

You need to be able to answer these questions. It doesn't matter how good a programmer you are or how complex your software product is, what matters is what makes buying from your company better than another.

[–] YUART@feddit.org 1 points 37 minutes ago

Hi, thanks for advices, I definitely need go answer those questions before I continue moving forward