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Business update
It’s been 6 months and I still haven’t launched
Months 4–6: Finding the balance between part-time business and full-time work
Welcome! Small Business Diaries is a blog where I candidly share my journey to build a creative small business while managing a full-time job as a product manager. If you’re not a Medium member, you can also read these posts for free on my Substack instead.
The business I’m building is called Joyfully Books — a place to find the most personalisable storybooks to give as a joyful gift to a child in your life.
I thought I learned this lesson the first time I quit my job to build a startup.
“Launch fast.”
“If you’re not embarrassed by your first product, you’ve launched too late.”
“Fail fast, fail often.”
Even though I knew I’d go slower building in my 5–9, I didn’t think I’d be this slow.
But before I start making excuses, lets jump into updates.
