On the other hand, you go to be your own boss and run with something for several years. Frankly, I don't even see what the point of Sampa was. Geocities was around in 1996. Maybe if you had started early enough you could have sold before the business model issues became so critical you weren't able to ignore them, but realistically that was your only exit strategy, much like geocities and youtube.
Geocities WAS around in 1996 - but Weebly was started in 2006/2007, and they're doing quite well, business model and all. The "website builder" space is likely not saturated, and there's definitely room in business areas such as the author was originally targeting. Again, it's all about the implementation.
I can't imagine how much that sucks.
On the other hand, you go to be your own boss and run with something for several years. Frankly, I don't even see what the point of Sampa was. Geocities was around in 1996. Maybe if you had started early enough you could have sold before the business model issues became so critical you weren't able to ignore them, but realistically that was your only exit strategy, much like geocities and youtube.