After 14 Flopped Products, Indie Dev's 15th Startup Acquired for $8M
tibo_maker · x · 2026-08-10
An indie developer shared their true entrepreneurial journey: before building the 15th product and getting acquired for $8 million, they experienced 14 failures. The early projects generated almost zero or negligible revenue. The author emphasizes that people usually only see screenshots of the final success, ignoring the long and grueling trial-and-error process behind it.
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