About 2 years ago I started remotenactive.com and the last weekend, I archived the project. The process of working on this project has made me realize what I learned during the ride.
Here are unsorted things I learned
- Going through YCombinators’ startup school helped me structure my idea, but the real world had more unforeseen variables than expected
- Cheap website builders get pricey if you do not make enough money, I went from paying 19$/month to 29$/month, only to rebuild things on my own and pay 0$/month
- My tech journey: From carrd and airtable to making my landing page with HTML, CSS, JS, then going to Ghost with customizing the theme, and in the end archiving with Hugo and customizing a theme
- Doing Sales is super hard, automating lead generation with tools on social media is kinda cringy, but brought a little sale
- I don’t enjoy being in the digital spotlight and having to post on social media frequently
- Modern marketing is an online battle of optimized images and sneaky words
- Going viral is random
- Creating online content regularly is tough, very tough
- SEO Tools are fascinating, but some things are like a black box
- One of the most exciting parts of a project is rebuilding things nobody cares about (except yourself)
- Spammers, spammers and scammers everywhere
- Having any kind of business related social circle, be it digital or in real-life is essential
- Know when to move on