Helen Ryles: Sell side projects while they still have growth potential
Helen Ryles · Episode 505 | 42 Side Projects and the #NoCode Movement · Jul 14, 2020 · at 18:53
Maker Helen Ryles discusses her strategy and rationale for timing the sale of her side projects with Rob Walling on Startups for the Rest of Us.
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“I think a lot of people maybe leave a product until it's kind of fizzling out, and I would rather sell something while it has potential to become a bigger Bigger thing. So I tend to like sell my projects with even like a list of marketing ideas and a list of ways of going forward with it. So I like to make sure that there's still a lot of untapped potential in a product.”
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