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Seems pretty misleading to call these one-person startups. Maybe PlentyOfFish should qualify because it was run by one person for years with significant revenue
by dkfmn 12y ago
Seems pretty misleading to call these one-person startups. Maybe PlentyOfFish should qualify because it was run by one person for years with significant revenues and profits, and there may be a good case for DuckDuckGo.
I can't say with absolute certainty about all the rest but many were solo founders who quickly attracted a team.
- theIV 12y agoI'm fairly certain Marco's Instapaper was a one man project until he sold it. [0] I can't really comment on the rest. [0] http://www.marco.org/about http://www.marco.org/about Past Projects
- dkfmn 12y agoAppreciate the detail, that is one of the companies I didn't know well.
- ProAm 12y agoI'm pretty sure Amazon was not a one-person start up. Maybe the idea, but he had a team from the get-go.