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> You're comparing apples to oranges. He's not a developer, he's an entrepreneur. True. But still depressing...

• elorant 7y ago
  Bear in mind that the 60k/month figure is turnover. Not profit. He employes 8 people, has to pay for inventory and packaging, postal, logistics, accounting and whatnot. Also, judging from the archive.org records it's a 4 year old business. It's not an overnight success.
  • jbbos 7y ago
    > Also, judging from the archive.org records it's a 4 year old business. It's not an overnight success. This is key, obviously. A lot of people will read something like this and assume it’s some kind of overnight success. For that, I give kudos to this guy for what is a business built most likely around long nights and days and determination.
    • Stanish 7y ago
      And a product that will help give Malaysians lung disease
  • thaumasiotes 7y ago
    > Bear in mind that the 60k/month figure is turnover. Not profit. He's not shy about the details -- he gives the profit figure in the article. It's still $25k / month.