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"A few dozen startups" in 3 years?

Are you sure these are startups and not just side projects? Was there any expectation that these would actually grow into larger companies, or were they just part-time mostly self running websites? Not any new business or website is a startup; a startup is specifically one that seeks a scalable business model, that can expand into a much bigger business with more investment, rather than something that is going to be limited by the output of of or a small number of people.

So, I'd be curious about what you are considering a startup such that you have created a few dozen in 3 years.



@lambda actually I'm writing a book about the startups I started.

For me a startup is a team you get together to deliver a service to customers. Team + Logo + MVP + Deck.

I have a gift for getting a group together to tackle a problem. Often times we discover that the problem is not big enough and dispand.

In the 3 years, I started 3 companies that made it to customer phase.

1) Printsites2Go, a shopify for printers

2) 360 Data Solutions, Big data analytics in China

3) General Skin, Korean cosmetics for the masses

Ones that didn't make it to the paying customer phase:

4) KDD mining (Yukon prospecting)

5) Noble Earth LTD (Plastic to oil conversion)

6) Shame Buy (Anonymous buying of goods you are afraid to have shipped to you)

7) 6M Development (Real estate in Niagara)

8) RepairMutt (Home based bug tracker)

9) Like Follow Me (Selling of likes and follows)

10) Samurai Print (Large format print for sellers)

11) Miss Mary Books (English trainer online for HK students)

12) Hungry Joes (Facebook app development team)

13) Defyent (My contracting company, since 2007)

I didn't include my contracts... too many to count.




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