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So 13 years after the publication of this article... how many people in here can say that they "followed the advice" and successfully managed to accrue "1000 tr

So 13 years after the publication of this article... how many people in here can say that they "followed the advice" and successfully managed to accrue "1000 true fans"?

welanes 6y ago
I'm making a living with just over 100 true fans building Simplescraper: https://simplescraper.io/ https://simplescraper.io/. An extra zero would be nice but I'm very grateful for 100. In addition to the article above, these writings provided a lot of inspiration: - https://web.archive.org/web/20090321145348/https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/the-plan-of-action https://web.archive.org/web/20090321145348/https://plentyoff... - https://medium.com/signal-v-noise/reconsider-41adf356857f https://medium.com/signal-v-noise/reconsider-41adf356857f - https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/building-a-one-man-saas-app-offers-a-profound-sense-of-personal-achievement/ https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/building-a-one-man-saas-app-...
- rapiz 6y ago
  This looks amazing. But I doubt if it would work because the reality is always complicated. Anyway I will try it out.
- Tomte 6y ago
  Are they true fans in that they would happily pay for anything you build, or are they customers who pay for this service and would think before paying for another of your services?
- AltonWells 6y ago
  As one of your true fans, I use simple scraper regularly and it’s great.
- Ambix 6y ago
  How long it takes to get to the point when such a project could bring real money to leave full-time job? How much knowledge someone has to have to build such a thing?
tomw1808 6y ago
I teach roughly 100k students through online courses. Whenever I release a new course, I get ~1% who immediately purchase it. Not sure if it's because I tend to produce high quality material which adds value to this niche audience, or if they are "die hard fans". I tend to believe it is the former. At least I hope so.
- bananaface 6y ago
  Is it always the same group?
- uxcolumbo 6y ago
  What do you teach?
  - ericabiz 6y ago
    He has the same username on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/thomas-wiesner-3/ https://www.udemy.com/user/thomas-wiesner-3/
YinglingLight 6y ago
Advice in 2008, a trend in 2018, common sense in 2028, unfathomable that people in history lived any other way in 2048.
- emmanueloga_ 6y ago
  If only it was that easy... I really like the spirit of the "1000 true fans" slogan, but I think it is harder than you'd think. I only see a handful of success stories in a big pool of HN ppl discussing it here.

So 13 years after the publication of this article... how many people in here can say that they "followed the advice" and successfully managed to accrue "1000 true fans"?

welanes 6y ago

I'm making a living with just over 100 true fans building Simplescraper: https://simplescraper.io/ https://simplescraper.io/. An extra zero would be nice but I'm very grateful for 100. In addition to the article above, these writings provided a lot of inspiration: - https://web.archive.org/web/20090321145348/https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/the-plan-of-action https://web.archive.org/web/20090321145348/https://plentyoff... - https://medium.com/signal-v-noise/reconsider-41adf356857f https://medium.com/signal-v-noise/reconsider-41adf356857f - https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/building-a-one-man-saas-app-offers-a-profound-sense-of-personal-achievement/ https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/building-a-one-man-saas-app-...

rapiz 6y ago
This looks amazing. But I doubt if it would work because the reality is always complicated. Anyway I will try it out.
Tomte 6y ago
Are they true fans in that they would happily pay for anything you build, or are they customers who pay for this service and would think before paying for another of your services?
AltonWells 6y ago
As one of your true fans, I use simple scraper regularly and it’s great.
Ambix 6y ago
How long it takes to get to the point when such a project could bring real money to leave full-time job? How much knowledge someone has to have to build such a thing?

tomw1808 6y ago

I teach roughly 100k students through online courses. Whenever I release a new course, I get ~1% who immediately purchase it. Not sure if it's because I tend to produce high quality material which adds value to this niche audience, or if they are "die hard fans". I tend to believe it is the former. At least I hope so.

bananaface 6y ago
Is it always the same group?
uxcolumbo 6y ago
What do you teach?
- ericabiz 6y ago
  He has the same username on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/thomas-wiesner-3/ https://www.udemy.com/user/thomas-wiesner-3/

YinglingLight 6y ago

Advice in 2008, a trend in 2018, common sense in 2028, unfathomable that people in history lived any other way in 2048.

emmanueloga_ 6y ago
If only it was that easy... I really like the spirit of the "1000 true fans" slogan, but I think it is harder than you'd think. I only see a handful of success stories in a big pool of HN ppl discussing it here.