Title: I keep building startups and side projects, and they keep failing. Initially I was doing it to make money, now I&#x27;d just be grateful if anyone used any of the stuff I build. My first project launched in 2003. It was a competitor to bunk1.com but I couldn&#x27;t get any camps to sign up to it because I was crap at sales. Since then I&#x27;ve spent untold numbers of hours building various projects. Some, where I was in between jobs would be full time efforts. Others would be done evenings and weekends but still consume nearly all my free time.<p>There&#x27;s something about the idea of running my own software business that appeals to me in a way I can&#x27;t describe.  Now, 15 years later I have nothing to show for it. I can live with the fact that my projects have never made money but it hurts to think I&#x27;ve put so much effort into something nobody wants.<p>I used to have a &quot;build it and they&#x27;ll come&quot; mentality but I learned about lean startups and started validating ideas. Now I try to make sure there is at least some interest in what I&#x27;m building and then mention in in related forums, groups etc I usually get a positive response but this never translates into traction.<p>I often see &#x27;Show HN&#x27; posts blowing up and sometimes I don&#x27;t understand how they get as many votes as they do. After 15 years I feel like I&#x27;ve exhausted every resource and I&#x27;m just not cut out for this.<p>Where am I going wrong HN?
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