I built three products in twenty-four months. The first one shipped on day 720.
Twenty-four months. Three products. Two abandoned. The story of why the third one took off — and why it almost didn't get built.
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Twenty-four months. Three products. Two abandoned. The story of why the third one took off — and why it almost didn't get built.

Most consumer social apps die after the launch wave. Sift kept growing, slowly, for two years. Here's why.

My first startup made it 800 days. The second one — built on the lessons of that failure — is at $2.4M ARR in eighteen months.
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