Missed Oppurtunities

So mad right now. So I was at work today, and I browse reddit and BHW on my down time. One of the posts I saw before it went on the front page had a funny image that someone drew. I thought I would launch a teespring campaign with permission from the artist. Lo and behold, I get home and the top comment had a link for a teespring campaign and has sold 62 shirts within 6 hours.
Are there situations any of you have experienced similar to mine?

Happens all the time to me, bud. Some say an idea is worthless without action. I used to not sleep because I feel that I'll miss an opportunity.

With that said, it's also possible to make your own opportunities. Networking, researching, etc.

Oh well. I'm glad that I'm catching on to this all, as I just started taking action. One of my campaigns images is receiving natural up-votes pretty rapidly. 1 sale so far, I'll see where its at in a few days.

do it bro! i wish you the best of luck

You have two options here:

Give the guy a bit of competition.
Find a new image to use.

Getting there first is important, but so is the ability to adapt when something doesn't go your way.