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Hate to break it to you but this trend of selling people a system to make money where the seller is actually enacting the system they’re selling is older than t
by jamiedumont 2y ago
Hate to break it to you but this trend of selling people a system to make money where the seller is actually enacting the system they’re selling is older than the internet.
I can recall online versions in 2012 - that I’m ashamed to say took me for some money - were not just in existence but popular and fashionable the way indie hackers is now. Nothing new.
- latexr 2y agoIt’s not too dissimilar from MLMs, and those are older than the oldest living human, dating at least to the early twentieth century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing
- kristianp 2y agoRich Dad Poor Dad was published in 1997. I think it fits into the category.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoThe Dave Del Dotto system! Late 80s? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Del_Dotto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Del_Dotto
- TheCapeGreek 2y agoI'm not talking about selling shovels in general. I'm talking about the specific SaaS starter kit trend of recent and that Cory's work predates it - specifically because of snark like yours, which has seen an uptick because of the recent trend.
- jamiedumont 2y agoI'm only pointing out that those SaaS starter kits existed over ten years ago, and I've got the invoice to prove it! :D
- TheCapeGreek 2y agoOkay, fair, my bad!