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Nika

How many projects can you handle at once?

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In other words... what are your capabilities?

What are your multi-project management skills?

Because I feel like people like Marc Lou or Levelsio do a lot of them and as solo founders, they are pretty fast and versatile (but they probably delegate some things to other freelancers - that's my guess).

How many projects can you handle at once? Either solo or together?

For example, I was handling 5 or 6 at one time, but it soon took its toll on my health. When it struck, I didn't care about project anymore.

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Phil
I tried to limit it to 2 :) It’s not always possible but I find it beneficial for productivity. Because we can only be thinking about/working on 1 thing at a time anyway. I keep a second one there when I get bored or stuck on this one
Peter Shu

Technically, you can only work on 1 at a time.

Those people like Marc look like they have 10 going on at the same time,

actually only work on 1 product per work session (as discussed in his youtube vid).

So, I wouldn't compare multi-tasking skills with anybody. It seems like it's just a matter of speed (ie. the faster you finish one project, the faster you can move on to the next)

Pranay
Same here at certain point of time i was handling multiple teams and product lines within those team , it got to point where I couldn’t focus anymore , so now trying to keep it one max two at same time !
Parker Pevitz

Realistically, I work best focusing on a single project at a time so it gets my full attention. When I'm juggling several, I tier them by priority, but I've noticed the quality slips because each one pulls focus from the others.

At the end of the day, there's a huge difference between how many I can handle and how many I should take on to do the work well. It also just depends on the scope of the project and the timeline I'm working with.

Mark Trowbridge GCTL

I operate quite a few projects, plus the business itself, and it's not so difficult if you learn to identify what's important now, ie set priorities for the day, and reshuffle if there is a fire!

Make sure YOU are a priority - time to exercise, meditate, eat/stay hydrated - they should be on your list (BTW there are different forms of meditation, and I do mine while running, as well as problem solving).

Sachin Mareedu

I operate quite a few projects, plus the business itself, and it's not so difficult if you learn to identify what's important now, ie set priorities for the day, and reshuffle if there is a fire!

Memduh Mehmet PANPALLI

Right now just one, and it's taking everything I have. Three months in, launched on Product Hunt today.

I think the "many projects" thing works when you've already built systems and habits around shipping fast. Early on, one project done well beats three projects done halfway. @busmark_w_nika

Anandhi Venkat

2-3 and yes beyond that it is stressful

Miles

I'd say 3. And I think it's helpful to ensure they are differentiated from each other so you can have different levels of thought when working on them. Example, I would not want to build 2 finance companies simultaneously.