Ask HN: Did any Show HN posts turn into successful startups?
I did a Show HN on my side project, AutoMicroFarm, two years ago (although I have been working on it and posting to HN about it much longer than that).<p>Thanks to HN, I was able to get into the YC fellowship program. After launching and not getting any traction, I almost quit. However, I realized I did not know how to do marketing, sales, or customer dev (the &quot;people want&quot; part of &quot;Make something people want&quot;). It wouldn&#x27;t be fair to the idea of AutoMicroFarm, or to myself, to quit without trying to learn marketing&#x2F;sales&#x2F;customer dev and applying it to AutoMicroFarm.<p>So this year, I hired a business coach (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solacelessons.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solacelessons.com&#x2F;</a>) and continued working on AutoMicroFarm. I can&#x27;t claim it&#x27;s successful in any meaning of the word yet, but I have a solid framework in place for my social media&#x2F;email&#x2F;blog outreach, I am talking to people to figure out what they want, and starting to make revenue--all while having a day job, a side gig (both related to web dev), and a family. I&#x27;ve been really happy to make this progress while keeping the hours spent on AutoMicroFarm to 5-10 hours per week.