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The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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Re: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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key missing info though: does it make money? I checked the site and it looks like a mix of ads (that are blocked of course) and a patreon with 5 supporters.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and confidently say he's doing fine. As he mentioned, he rented an expensive one person WeWork office in SF (when he doesn't even have to).

Re: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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post #9

key missing info though: does it make money? I checked the site and it looks like a mix of ads (that are blocked of course) and a patreon with 5 supporters.

Actually it's not the missing info... because it's none of your business. It's a technical post about his solo founder and operator DevOps practice.

Re: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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post #9

key missing info though: does it make money? I checked the site and it looks like a mix of ads (that are blocked of course) and a patreon with 5 supporters.

I'm wenbin, the author of this blog post & I built Listen Notes. Thanks for bringing up this question :)

Yes, Listen Notes is making some money - not a lot, but enough to cover all the cost and bring in a bit profit as of today.

The basic idea is that Listen Notes should be free to 99% of users, while making some money from 1% of super users.

We run ads (obviously) on the website and we provide API: https://www.listennotes.com/api/pricing/ And I've been experimenting some paid features that are needed for PR/marketing/journalists to do their job, e.g., https://www.listennotes.com/datasets/

And today is special, because on Sep 16, 2017 (Exactly 2 years ago today), I started to work on Listen Notes full-time!

Re: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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post #9

key missing info though: does it make money? I checked the site and it looks like a mix of ads (that are blocked of course) and a patreon with 5 supporters.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and confidently say he's doing fine. As he mentioned, he rented an expensive one person WeWork office in SF (when he doesn't even have to).

Why would that indicate he is making money?

Re: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

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post #9

key missing info though: does it make money? I checked the site and it looks like a mix of ads (that are blocked of course) and a patreon with 5 supporters.

He says that he uses Stripe to get money from his users, specifically noting the API as a source of income.

Here is the pricing page: https://www.listennotes.com/api/pricing/

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