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This company, while impressive, was not built in a basement. It merely started in a basement, which is way different. That's like saying "Apple - A $700B firm
by sixQuarks 9y ago
This company, while impressive, was not built in a basement. It merely started in a basement, which is way different.
That's like saying "Apple - A $700B firm built in a garage"
I'd like to know what the actual largest single-founder business is that's being run out of a basement
- dasmoth 9y agoIt sounds like he was still solo in the basement when he got his first big order. That's good enough for me. I don't know if a literal basement was involved, but Plentyoffish was solo for about four years and had a fair few users before hiring any staff.
- sixQuarks 9y agoyeah, I think POF may take the honors. Not sure about the guy that started Minecraft - he was also making a ton of money but not sure if he was solo.
- mullen 9y agoPoF is the Unicorn of all the Unicorns. In fact, I would really call it the Mother of all Unicorns. There is no way you can get away with comparing it to anything and anything to it.
- sixQuarks 9y agoOK, I think you're going a tad too far now
- mullen 9y agoNot really. Can you name a website that sold for anywhere near $500 million that required so little effort by the founder who was the only person working on the website? The creator of PoF had a work week that consisted of 1 or 2 hours of work. He did not even hire a another employee for 4 or 5 years after he started the website and the site was pulling in a million dollars a month at that point. The amount of work he put into the website is pretty amazing for the amount of money he got from it.
- sixQuarks 9y agowell, founder of minecraft sold it for $1 billion, and he was kind of a solo founder.