When building a side project outside of work hours, fatigue will set in sooner or later, possibly accompanied by the urge to abandon your plans. Working on a project you’re passionate about will push back this point - possibly forever.
Three essential ingredients for a side project idea that will boost the chances of its success.
What is a side hustle? It is an activity carried out alongside full-time work and hobbies to obtain repeatable benefits (most often financial).
In my spare time, I’m building a side project. It’s an open-source / open hardware robot for learning programming. I pondered for a long time whether to promote it under my name or a distinct brand.
If you’re searching for a name for your side project, use AI tools to generate ideas.
As befitting a former marketing specialist, I started building the side project by inventing a name. Meet SVAROZYC – a new player in the robotics and automation market.
I have already run four different companies in my life. None of them survived in the market. I’ve made several assumptions about my new side project to avoid making the same mistakes.
While building a side project, sooner or later, there will come a moment of fatigue and discouragement. Prepare for it in advance by determining why you want to do it.
A few months ago, I thought no-code and AI would take away my job. However, if you can’t beat them, join them.