A little bit more than a year ago, I quit my job due to burnout. I, then, embarked on a voyage in Central America with a simple goal in mind: I did a

One year of solopreneurship

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2024-07-07 15:00:03

A little bit more than a year ago, I quit my job due to burnout. I, then, embarked on a voyage in Central America with a simple goal in mind:

I did a 6-month overview here, so you can go read it as well, but here is a quick recap. I built 6 different products while nomading for 6 months in Central America. By the end of 2023, I moved permanently to The Netherlands and got a full time job. Few weeks ago, I started to get domain expiration emails from Namecheap. The same domains that I bought about a year ago for my first projects.

Out of the 6 products that I’ve built, 3 died. The two books are still selling, however the sale volume went down significantly. I attribute it to the tech recession. Remote or Not is kinda cool, I’ll admit it, but I don’t really know what to do with it. And I’m still exploring growth opportunities for JustFax Online.

I went a long way. From a software engineer with “build it, and they will come” mentality, all the way to “I don’t care about tech that much anymore, how do I make money?” I started my journey with “let’s build a cheaper alternative to LaunchDarkly.” And so I did. But nothing happened.