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I’m not really sure what you are trying to argue. It’s a qualitative argument about the nature of starting online businesses.

• BobbyJo 6y ago
  I think the argument that it's anymore viable a reality than founding a Slack or an Airbnb relies on some statistics showing that profitable one-man-bands aren't just as rare.
  • nawgz 6y ago
    I mean, maybe the takeaway from your comment is that being enough of a generalist that you can create a useful product and successfully market that makes you rare, but surely you don't think the amount of small teams making money off of services is even within 2 orders of magnitude of the amount of billion dollar IPOs...
    • BobbyJo 6y ago
      Of course not, but the premise wasn't a 'small team' but a single person company. In any case, even if they were 3 or 4 orders of magnitude more likely, the odds are still terrible and therefore still not a viable alternative.