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How I picked myself up after shutting down Orbit
The whole sneakers and scalpers community is deeply flawed.
Don't get me wrong, you bump into some great folks and can make some serious cash (well, you could've until a few years back). That's not the problem here.
The problem is the way things work inside the “sneaker game” compared to the real world. Especially when we talk about software.
When we launched Orbit, we got product market fit immediately. And we weren't the only ones; loads of other bots and services were popping up from nowhere and killing it too.
The tech barrier was so high, that once you had a working product and proven success, you were golden.
Marketing? Practically took care of itself because demand was through the roof. A few tweets and boom, you're selling out.
This does not work outside of the “sneakers game”.
Back then, a bunch of us bot devs were kids, myself included. We knew how to code, but running a legit business? That was a whole different game. We were playing on easy mode, no doubt about it.
The fact that we learned in that environment is the reason why we don’t see many bot developers venturing outside of botting or failing when they try to.
When I did leave, I had to rewire my brain completely. I had to go back to the fundamentals and learn everything the right way.
It was a journey of failing over and over again. Launch, fail, repeat. For more than a year straight.
Definitely one of the lowest points in my life. It broke me down completely. But, it also allowed me to rebuild myself from scratch.
At the same time, I was learning very quickly. I saw little hints of success getting bigger and bigger after each failure.
After more than a year of trying everything, it struck me, launched a new SaaS named [REDACTED] and felt the immediate market pull, got to $5k MRR in a few months.
This first small win gave me so much confidence that the path I was walking was the right one.
So much so that two months later, I launched another one. Called [REDACTED], another SaaS that got to $4k MRR in the first week, in a completely different market.
And recently launched another B2B SaaS, that currently sits at $15k MRR, growing 200% MoM.
I’ll keep out the details for future stories, follow if you’re interested.
I'm not telling you this to brag. I couldn't care less about people's opinions on the internet. I'm telling you to show that the only thing that allowed me to go from a streak of failures to a streak of wins is…
Well, nothing. The “magic switch” does not exist.
It was the constant struggle I had to go through. Improving my craft day by day, relentlessly, for more than a year.
If you’re reading this and especially if you come from botting, I cannot stress this enough: you HAVE to go through this phase. There are no shortcuts.
It can take from a few months to a decade, there’s no exact formula.
Embrace those falls, soak up the lessons, and keep pushing forward.
The screenshots that you see above are the result of 6 years of obsession.
Failure produces knowledge, knowledge leads to success.
Each month, you should be able to see your past self from the month before, and realize how much of an idiot you were.
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