Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?

Post by gtsteve » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 6:10 PM UTC

jimmy1 wrote: post #98

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No offense but Pieter Levels seems like a bit of a bastard, and you can see it in that thread. I don't pay much attention to him, but when I do come across his social media posts they're pretty off-putting. He's pretty successful yes, but €50k/mo is not exactly f-you money.

50k a month isn't f-you money? What???? What in the world is wrong with this place? My wife and I are combined pulling 10k a month. I can only imagine that I would need to come up with creative ways to actually burn through the other 40k.

Post by sixQuarks » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

goodJobWalrus wrote: post #122

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In my opinion, those site are just advertising for your business.

Which means it only makes sense being profiled if the readers of those sites are your potential customers.

Post by fecak » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

bredren wrote: post #139

fecak wrote: post #126

For the past 20 years I've been a recruiter, and a few years back I started a resume writing and career consulting business called Resume Raiders ( http://resumeraiders.com ). It's a literal mom & pop operation and I do 99% of the projects myself. I started the business because I've always loved writing, am good at navigating tricky job search and career situations (I've seen it all after 20 yrs in recruiting), and I…

I worked with Dave, too! While I didn’t get the gig I was after at the time, I was super happy with the help I got from him. Not surprised, but glad to hear the biz is working.

Post by fecak » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

maxk42 wrote: post #131

fecak wrote: post #126

For the past 20 years I've been a recruiter, and a few years back I started a resume writing and career consulting business called Resume Raiders ( http://resumeraiders.com ). It's a literal mom & pop operation and I do 99% of the projects myself. I started the business because I've always loved writing, am good at navigating tricky job search and career situations (I've seen it all after 20 yrs in recruiting), and I…

Ha! Hi Dave! I've been watching your little business flourish via your LinkedIn page for a couple years now and it's been a joy to observe it blossoming. Keep up the good work and I bid you continued luck in the future!

Post by siidooloo » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

sixQuarks wrote: post #153

goodJobWalrus wrote: post #122

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Which means it only makes sense being profiled if the readers of those sites are your potential customers.

Agreed. I would only do it if I was targeting entrepreneurs