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Comment by disgruntledphd2

4 days ago

> The first billion-dollar solopreneur likely is going to happen at some point

I'm pretty sure that this has already happened, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenty_of_Fish

Not quite 1bn (but 575mn in 2015 dollars) and mostly done by one person.

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lostmsu  4 days ago

He began hiring in 2018.

Also, "Plenty of Fish uses a Microsoft-based platform for itself, including IIS, ASP.NET, and Microsoft SQL".

  • disgruntledphd2  2 days ago

    > He began hiring in 2018.

    2008 I think (from the wikipedia article). I met my now wife on the platform in 2013. I do think it counts, and it's important to note that even pre-AI, software has incredible leverage for small teams/individual people.

  • Jeremy1026  4 days ago

    So if I make a website that uses Nginx, Ruby, and Postgres, does that mean that I don't get credit for making it since I use other tools?