Should I keep going with my stagnating business or quit?
When a business loses its spark, founders face a agonizing choice between pushing through the stagnation until it pays off or walking away to find something more engaging. This uncertainty leaves them torn between sticking it out with unproven ideas and quitting before they find out if the brand could have succeeded.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Taking a break
- 2Switching to a different business model
- 3hire a new ideas person
- 4expand know-how and know who to hire
- 5changing the product line to a custom brand
- 6abandoning the website entirely
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Should I just quit now that h has left, or should I just keep trying and see if my ideas eventually can be fruitful for the brand?”source ↗
“I’m just kind of stuck on if I should find something that can keep me engaged while enjoying it or suck it up for a while until I make a lot more progress.”source ↗
“j’ai pris conscience des risques de faire un site de Seiko Mods…”source ↗
“Je songe donc à abandonner mon site que j’ai commencé et perdre tout le temps consacré à ce dernier… ou, changer de produit, c’est à dire créer ma marque de montre personnalisée…”source ↗
“I feel that we haven’t executed on what we claimed to be our main differentiator in the market. I still believe in the idea and I think there’s still real opportunity. Just afraid that my ideas might not be the ones to get it there.”source ↗