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I would love to see an example of a scaled 1-person business. The idea is super-compelling in theory, but just the thought of everything involved. - Sales / Ma

I would love to see an example of a scaled 1-person business. The idea is super-compelling in theory, but just the thought of everything involved. - Sales / Marketing - Product / Technology / Engineering - Support / Services (customization changes) all rolled up in one just seems like an incredible thing. I think this has to be 1-person businesses are usually service businesses - selling expertise. Would love to see real products which are live and run by 1-people businesses.

ronyfadel 3y ago
Can I plug myself? :) I run an indie app business where overall I make more than what I used to make working a FAANG job [1] [1] https://fadel.io/ https://fadel.io/
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
https://apolloapp.io/ https://apolloapp.io/ is a great and relevant one; it's a full fledged app with monetization, back-end services, etc etc. Relevant because it'll likely shut down by the end of the month due to Reddit's mismanagement.
theluketaylor 3y ago
The iOS and Android app stores likely hold the most examples of high scale one person businesses. Someone already mentioned Apollo. I'd add https://overcast.fm https://overcast.fm and https://david-smith.org https://david-smith.org (maker of many apps, including the wildly successful widgetsmith). There are plenty of other really successful apps that are just one person operations.
- balaji1 3y ago
  "Since 2008 I’ve launched 60 different apps." from https://david-smith.org/about/ https://david-smith.org/about/ amazing!
HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
https://www.designjoy.co/getstarted https://www.designjoy.co/getstarted Brett @ designjoy is a 1-person business doing > $1MM/year revenue. He's on twitter (@designjoy) and had a good Indiehackers interview with Courtland from a couple years back.
mcsniff 3y ago
I run a 1-person business selling a physical product, with a companion app, and a static site for sales. It's "easy". Yes, there are some headaches, but I prefer end to end ownership. I run the entire thing, infrastructure, sales, design + engineering, manufacturing, support. I'm in a niche, but it is doable, I guarantee you that.

ronyfadel 3y ago

Can I plug myself? :) I run an indie app business where overall I make more than what I used to make working a FAANG job [1] [1] https://fadel.io/ https://fadel.io/

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

https://apolloapp.io/ https://apolloapp.io/ is a great and relevant one; it's a full fledged app with monetization, back-end services, etc etc. Relevant because it'll likely shut down by the end of the month due to Reddit's mismanagement.

theluketaylor 3y ago

The iOS and Android app stores likely hold the most examples of high scale one person businesses. Someone already mentioned Apollo. I'd add https://overcast.fm https://overcast.fm and https://david-smith.org https://david-smith.org (maker of many apps, including the wildly successful widgetsmith). There are plenty of other really successful apps that are just one person operations.

balaji1 3y ago
"Since 2008 I’ve launched 60 different apps." from https://david-smith.org/about/ https://david-smith.org/about/ amazing!

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago

https://www.designjoy.co/getstarted https://www.designjoy.co/getstarted Brett @ designjoy is a 1-person business doing > $1MM/year revenue. He's on twitter (@designjoy) and had a good Indiehackers interview with Courtland from a couple years back.

mcsniff 3y ago

I run a 1-person business selling a physical product, with a companion app, and a static site for sales. It's "easy". Yes, there are some headaches, but I prefer end to end ownership. I run the entire thing, infrastructure, sales, design + engineering, manufacturing, support. I'm in a niche, but it is doable, I guarantee you that.