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| | Ask HN: Is it realistic to launch a product if you have young kids? | |
13 points by mijustin on Jan 2, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 16 comments |
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| Many product people are able to launch products because they don't yet have kids. Simply put: they have a lot more disposable time with which to launch a product. For those of you with kids: is it realistic to launch a product if you have young children? I imagine that certain types of products (like e-books) are more realistic than a full-blown SaaS app. I'd love to hear from those of you that have successfully launched paid products while you've had young kids. What worked? What didn't? |
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It's gone relatively well, and has essentially been my sole income since then. BUT. I already had a small audience on it (we'd had 100,000 downloads of a free spreadsheet version of the tool; what would now be considered an MVP), so I wasn't trying to forge a new market for it.
It was a pretty brutal time, but I made it through. (It followed a year where I acted as the general contractor for the house we built, which was horrific, so I was kind of in a world-of-hurt groove at the time.)
Honestly, the flexibility it gave me to be home with my family — especially when they were so young — was an amazing gift.
What worked? Getting up very early. Having an understanding and supportive wife. Having parents who were willing to support us with money to live on while the subscriptions built up. (As I mentioned,) having a product that I knew had some traction already.
I'd be happy to talk more. E-mail is charlie@pearbudget.com.
Also, listen to Dan Benjamin's new podcast, Quit, especially the most recent episode: http://5by5.tv/quit/5. It's great.