This Twitter Thread is by Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik (source: 12-11-2022). Volodarsky is the co-founder and CEO of lemon.io.
I'm obsessed with 1-person companies and have spent over 50 hours researching them.
Here are the 10 most impressive ones that have generated millions in revenue with 0 employees:
1/ Star Dew Valley
ā¢ It's a country-life role-playing game
ā¢ Developed by Eric Barone
ā¢ It has generated $300M+ in revenue in 6 years
ā¢ Eric could become the first 1-person founder to do $1B+ in sales
Here's how he did it
https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1596895430758912002?embedable=true
2/ BuiltWith
ā¢ It helps you find what technologies and services a website uses
ā¢ Founded by Gary Brewer
ā¢ It generates $14M in revenue per year
Here's the full story of how Gary built it and operated with 0 employees
https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1592146385217806336?embedable=true
3/ Viral Nova
ā¢ It's a curation site for the most viral content on the Internet (similar to Buzzfeed)
ā¢ Founded by Scott Delong
ā¢ At its peak, it generated $5-$10M per year in revenue and 100M readers per month with 0 funding and 0 employees
4/ Photopea
ā¢ It's a free photo and graphics editor
ā¢ Made by Ivan Kutskir
ā¢ It generates 10M visits per month and ~$1.5M in revenue per year
ā¢ People spend 1.5 million hours a month using Photopea
6/ Digital Inspiration
ā¢ It builds google plugins for docs, sheets, slides, and more
ā¢ Founded by Amit Agarwal
ā¢ It gets 5M visits per month and earns $10M in revenue per year
ā¢ 40M+ have downloaded the plugins
Here's how Amit built it
https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1594323722475032576?embedable=true
6/ Rego apps
ā¢ 3 of its apps (5-0 police scanner, remote for tesla apps, and police scanner+) are the most downloaded apps in their category)
ā¢ Founded by Allen Wong
ā¢He has made over $100M+ from these apps
Here's his Reddit AMA
7/ Portfolio of diverse businesses
ā¢ @thejustinwelsh has built several businesses that generate $3M+ in revenue (94% margins)
ā¢ He earns through consulting, courses, paid community, newsletter sponsorships, and more
Here's how Justin did it
https://twitter.com/thejustinwelsh/status/1589606689262780417?embedable=true
8/ Brumate
ā¢ It sells adult beverage (beer, wine) cans to keep them cold for 24+ hours
ā¢ Founded by Dylan Jacob
ā¢ He made $20M in revenue with 0 employees
ā¢ It has 2.5M+ worldwide customers
Read the full story
https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1599427375908913159?embedable=true
9/ Portfolio of diverse businesses
ā¢ @levelsio has built several companiesāremote job marketplace, AI photography, nomad community, and othersāthat make ~$3M+ in revenue
Listen to his excellent interview on the MFM pod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ej29G7ZGg?embedable=true
10/ @carrd
ā¢ It's a one-page website builder
ā¢ Founded by @ajlkn
ā¢ It generates $1M+ ARR
ā¢ 4M+ sites have been built on Carrd
I love the idea of 1-person businesses. That being said, I enjoy building http://lemon.io with the team.
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