January 20, 2009
By Khalid
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Stick To What You’re Good At
Since selling my tattoo network I’ve been in a financial position to trial a lot of new web ventures. I’ve tried running a bar jobs site, I heavily marketed a student portal, I built several mini-sites and invested in domain leasing. Now I’m back to square one.
Did I fail?
No, I learned a lot, made some money and began planning my future properly. When I say I’m back to square one I don’t mean I’m back to the beginning, I’m back to what I’m good at – developing. Several attempts to take on big competitors, rush into multiple new projects and look for “the next big thing” meant I spread myself and my resources too thinly, resulting in some failures.
It’s not all bad though, I’ve bagged a fantastic small (yet established!) site I’ve been working hard on, I’m registered one or two valuable domain names, Adsense earnings are up and two deals are in the pipeline.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing, just remember that if you are venturing into new projects then do so carefully, don’t think that cash and a nice site will win the race. Stick to what you are good at and always have something to fall back on.
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
