New ask Hacker News story: I’m Done with All These “Success Stories” Online
I’m Done with All These “Success Stories” Online
9 by bizflop | 4 comments on Hacker News.
In 2023, everyone is a millionaire. Every single post online shares how this person started a million-dollar business, such as making $10K in a day selling buttons or how a 17-year-old made $50K selling a card game. Or better yet, how I made $30,000 in a single weekend dropshipping backpacks. However, what you don't hear are the people with multiple failed businesses struggling daily. You don't hear about people like me who have started various businesses, from reselling and Instagram theme pages to packing groceries for people (yes, I did this), creating a clothing brand, a dating app, selling water bottles, podcasting, newsletters, eBay flipping, curb painting, and offering SAT prep services. These failed ventures don't catch headlines, and I assure you, I have so many ideas and cool stories to share, but they'll never see the light of day. These stories fail to consider survivor's bias and the numerous failed software, grand ideas, TikTok brands, and startups that you'll never see. The richest ideas are the ones that failed due to one reason or another. Most of the success stories had luck, opportunities, or advantages that can't be explained in a success story. I truly believe the greatest ideas that failed are more relatable than the "multi-millionaire who sold a sponge or a comfortable blanket." Most of us who have failed have nowhere here to share our stories, and neither do most people on the internet. Imagine the stories, ideas, or interesting components of the guy who tried to start a virtual restaurant, sold funny shirts, had celebrity promotions but never got it off the ground. Where are they? The little guy never gets to share their upbringing because all these people get their dopamine from big stories/headlines from exceptional outliers. I wanted to start a newsletter or Reddit where people share their interesting business stories that failed. I would learn much more from that. (If this blows up, maybe I will)
9 by bizflop | 4 comments on Hacker News.
In 2023, everyone is a millionaire. Every single post online shares how this person started a million-dollar business, such as making $10K in a day selling buttons or how a 17-year-old made $50K selling a card game. Or better yet, how I made $30,000 in a single weekend dropshipping backpacks. However, what you don't hear are the people with multiple failed businesses struggling daily. You don't hear about people like me who have started various businesses, from reselling and Instagram theme pages to packing groceries for people (yes, I did this), creating a clothing brand, a dating app, selling water bottles, podcasting, newsletters, eBay flipping, curb painting, and offering SAT prep services. These failed ventures don't catch headlines, and I assure you, I have so many ideas and cool stories to share, but they'll never see the light of day. These stories fail to consider survivor's bias and the numerous failed software, grand ideas, TikTok brands, and startups that you'll never see. The richest ideas are the ones that failed due to one reason or another. Most of the success stories had luck, opportunities, or advantages that can't be explained in a success story. I truly believe the greatest ideas that failed are more relatable than the "multi-millionaire who sold a sponge or a comfortable blanket." Most of us who have failed have nowhere here to share our stories, and neither do most people on the internet. Imagine the stories, ideas, or interesting components of the guy who tried to start a virtual restaurant, sold funny shirts, had celebrity promotions but never got it off the ground. Where are they? The little guy never gets to share their upbringing because all these people get their dopamine from big stories/headlines from exceptional outliers. I wanted to start a newsletter or Reddit where people share their interesting business stories that failed. I would learn much more from that. (If this blows up, maybe I will)
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